Stone Age Yersinia pestis genomes shed light on the early evolution, diversity, and ecology of plague

A Andrades Valtueña, GU Neumann… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
The bacterial pathogen Yersinia pestis gave rise to devastating outbreaks throughout
human history, and ancient DNA evidence has shown it afflicted human populations as far …

Eighteenth century Yersinia pestis genomes reveal the long-term persistence of an historical plague focus

KI Bos, A Herbig, J Sahl, N Waglechner, M Fourment… - Elife, 2016 - elifesciences.org
The 14th–18th century pandemic of Yersinia pestis caused devastating disease outbreaks in
Europe for almost 400 years. The reasons for plague's persistence and abrupt …

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

M Keller, MA Spyrou, CL Scheib… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
The first historically documented pandemic caused by Yersinia pestis began as the
Justinianic Plague in 541 within the Roman Empire and continued as the so-called First …

Integrative approach using Yersinia pestis genomes to revisit the historical landscape of plague during the Medieval Period

A Namouchi, M Guellil, O Kersten… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - National Acad Sciences
Over the last few years, genomic studies on Yersinia pestis, the causative agent of all known
plague epidemics, have considerably increased in numbers, spanning a period of about …

Analysis of 3800-year-old Yersinia pestis genomes suggests Bronze Age origin for bubonic plague

MA Spyrou, RI Tukhbatova, CC Wang… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
The origin of Yersinia pestis and the early stages of its evolution are fundamental subjects of
investigation given its high virulence and mortality that resulted from past pandemics …

Phylogeography of the second plague pandemic revealed through analysis of historical Yersinia pestis genomes

MA Spyrou, M Keller, RI Tukhbatova, CL Scheib… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
The second plague pandemic, caused by Yersinia pestis, devastated Europe and the
nearby regions between the 14th and 18th centuries AD. Here we analyse human remains …

Historical Y. pestis genomes reveal the European Black Death as the source of ancient and modern plague pandemics

MA Spyrou, RI Tukhbatova, M Feldman, J Drath… - Cell host & …, 2016 - cell.com
Ancient DNA analysis has revealed an involvement of the bacterial pathogen Yersinia pestis
in several historical pandemics, including the second plague pandemic (Europe, mid-14 th …

[HTML][HTML] Emergence and spread of basal lineages of Yersinia pestis during the Neolithic decline

N Rascovan, KG Sjögren, K Kristiansen, R Nielsen… - Cell, 2019 - cell.com
Summary Between 5,000 and 6,000 years ago, many Neolithic societies declined
throughout western Eurasia due to a combination of factors that are still largely debated …

[HTML][HTML] Early divergent strains of Yersinia pestis in Eurasia 5,000 years ago

S Rasmussen, ME Allentoft, K Nielsen, L Orlando… - Cell, 2015 - cell.com
The bacteria Yersinia pestis is the etiological agent of plague and has caused human
pandemics with millions of deaths in historic times. How and when it originated remains …

Microevolution and history of the plague bacillus, Yersinia pestis

M Achtman, G Morelli, P Zhu, T Wirth… - Proceedings of the …, 2004 - National Acad Sciences
The association of historical plague pandemics with Yersinia pestis remains controversial,
partly because the evolutionary history of this largely monomorphic bacterium was unknown …