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Co-occurrence of Yersinia pestis and other zoonoses during European prehistory

2026-02-21

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The infection of humans by the causal agent of Plague, Yersinia pestis , has been attested as far back as 5,500 BP. Although the specific patho-mechanism and ultimate origin of the disease caused by these prehistoric genomes remains unclear, the bacterium spread through Europe, likely during the Late Neolithic to Bronze Age (LNBA). In this study, we analysed 9 genomic samples originating from 8 different human in...

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Literature Corpus work: af39372d-66f5-587d-ab01-3ef485dd110e
DOI: 10.64898/2026.02.20.707102

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