Was the Black Death yersinial plague?

Lancet Infect Dis. 2003 Jun;3(6):327-8; discussion 328. doi: 10.1016/s1473-3099(03)00651-0.

Authors

James Wood¹, Sharon DeWitte-Aviña

Affiliation

¹ Department of Anthropology and the Population Research Institute, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA. jww3@psu.edu <jww3@psu.edu>

PMID: 12781501
DOI: 10.1016/s1473-3099(03)00651-0

No abstract available

Publication types

Historical Article
Comment

MeSH terms

DNA, Bacterial / analysis
Disease Outbreaks / history*
Europe
History, Medieval
Humans
Plague / history*
Plague / microbiology
Polymerase Chain Reaction / methods
Yersinia pestis / genetics
Yersinia pestis / isolation & purification*

Substances

DNA, Bacterial