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Ancient <i>Yersinia pestis</i> genomes from across Western Europe reveal early diversification during the First Pandemic (541–750)

2018-11-29

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The first historically documented pandemic caused by Yersinia pestis started as the Justinianic Plague in 541 within the Roman Empire and continued as the so-called First Pandemic until 750. Although palaeogenomic studies have previously identified the causative agent as Y. pestis , little is known about the bacterium’s spread, diversity and genetic history over the course of the pandemic. To elucidate the micr...

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Literature Corpus work: d24b5b55-8395-5232-bf13-44917e95aeaa
DOI: 10.1101/481226

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