Assessing the origins of the European Plagues following the Black Death: A synthesis of genomic, historical, and ecological information

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Significance Over the last few years, there has been a great deal of scientific debate regarding whether the plague bacterium, Yersinia pestis , spread from a Western European reservoir during the second plague pandemic, or if it repeatedly came to Europe from Asia. Here, we make a synthesis of the available evidence, including genomes of ancient DNA and historical, archeological, and ecological information. We...

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