Genotyping, Orientalis-likeYersinia pestis, and Plague Pandemics
Open Access
- 1 September 2004
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Emerging Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 10 (9), 1585-1592
- https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1009.030933
Abstract
Two historical plague pandemics were likely caused by Orientalis-like strains of Yersinia pestis.Keywords
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