Genotyping and phylogenetic analysis of Yersinia pestis by MLVA: insights into the worldwide expansion of Central Asia plague foci.

<h4>Background</h4>The species Yersinia pestis is commonly divided into three classical biovars, Antiqua, Medievalis, and Orientalis, belonging to subspecies pestis pathogenic for human and the (atypical) non-human pathogenic biovar Microtus (alias Pestoides) including several non-pestis...

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Main Authors: Yanjun Li, Yujun Cui, Yolande Hauck, Mikhail E Platonov, Erhei Dai, Yajun Song, Zhaobiao Guo, Christine Pourcel, Svetlana V Dentovskaya, Andrey P Anisimov, Ruifu Yang, Gilles Vergnaud
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-06-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/19543392/?tool=EBI