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Yersinia pestis: one pandemic, two pandemics, three pandemics, more?

Gilbert, M Thomas P

The Lancet infectious diseases, 2014-04, Vol.14 (4), p.264-265 [Periódico revisado por pares]

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Yersinia pestis: one pandemic, two pandemics, three pandemics, more?
Autor: Gilbert, M Thomas P
Assuntos: Animals ; Deoxyribonucleic acid ; DNA ; DNA, Bacterial - isolation & purification ; Genomes ; Humans ; Infectious Disease ; Pandemics ; Pandemics - history ; Phylogeny ; Plague ; Plague - history ; Yersinia pestis - genetics
É parte de: The Lancet infectious diseases, 2014-04, Vol.14 (4), p.264-265
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Descrição: In The Lancet Infectious Diseases, David M Wagner and colleagues1 report the first genomic sequences of the causative agent of one of the most devastating disease outbreaks in human history--The Plague of Justinian of 541-543 AD. Only a few years ago, it would have seemed unlikely--the cold climates that optimally preserve ancient DNA8 are more closely related to the Siberian tundra than the temperate Mediterranean--but great technological progress with regards to the extraction and analysis of degraded DNA has been made in recent years, extending the boundaries of what was thought possible.9,10 In view of this achievement, further important findings can be expected from the discipline of ancient DNA investigation.
Editor: United States: Elsevier Ltd
Idioma: Inglês

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