A North American Yersinia pestis draft genome sequence: SNPs and phylogenetic analysis.

A North American Yersinia pestis draft genome sequence: SNPs and phylogenetic analysis.

<h4>Background</h4>Yersinia pestis, the causative agent of plague, is responsible for some of the greatest epidemic scourges of mankind. It is widespread in the western United States, although it has only been present there for just over 100 years. As a result, there has been very little...

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Main Authors: Jeffrey W Touchman, David M Wagner, Jicheng Hao, Stephen D Mastrian, Maulik K Shah, Amy J Vogler, Christopher J Allender, Erin A Clark, Debbie S Benitez, David J Youngkin, Jessica M Girard, Raymond K Auerbach, Stephen M Beckstrom-Sternberg, Paul Keim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2007-02-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0000220

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