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Emerging Infect. Dis. · Feb 2007
Historical ArticleYersinia pestis Orientalis in remains of ancient plague patients.
- Michel Drancourt, Michel Signoli, La Vu Dang, Bruno Bizot, Véronique Roux, Stéfan Tzortzis, and Didier Raoult.
- Université de la Méditerranée, Marseille, France.
- Emerging Infect. Dis. 2007 Feb 1; 13 (2): 332-3.
AbstractYersinia pestis DNA was recently detected in human remains from 2 ancient plague pandemics in France and Germany. We have now sequenced Y pestis glpD gene in such remains, showing a 93-bp deletion specific for biotype Orientalis. These data show that only Orientalis type caused the 3 plague pandemics.
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