Yersinia pestis and the Plague of Justinian 541–543 AD: a genomic analysis

David M Wagner, Jennifer Klunk, Michaela Harbeck, Alison Devault, Nicholas Waglechner, Jason W Sahl, Jacob Enk, Dawn N Birdsell, Melanie Kuch, Candice Lumibao, Debi Poinar, Talima Pearson, Mathieu Fourment, Brian Golding, Julia M Riehm, David J D Earn, Sharon DeWitte, Jean-Marie Rouillard, Gisela Grupe, Ingrid Wiechmann, James B Bliska, Paul S Keim, Holger C Scholz, Edward C Holmes, Hendrik Poinar

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DOI: 10.1016/s1473-3099(13)70323-2
Published: 2014-04
Container: The Lancet Infectious Diseases
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@article{allodium:10.1016/s1473-3099-13-70323-2,
  title = {Yersinia pestis and the Plague of Justinian 541–543 AD: a genomic analysis},
  author = {David M Wagner and Jennifer Klunk and Michaela Harbeck and Alison Devault and Nicholas Waglechner and Jason W Sahl and Jacob Enk and Dawn N Birdsell and Melanie Kuch and Candice Lumibao and Debi Poinar and Talima Pearson and Mathieu Fourment and Brian Golding and Julia M Riehm and David J D Earn and Sharon DeWitte and Jean-Marie Rouillard and Gisela Grupe and Ingrid Wiechmann and James B Bliska and Paul S Keim and Holger C Scholz and Edward C Holmes and Hendrik Poinar},
  year = {2014},
  journal = {The Lancet Infectious Diseases},
  doi = {10.1016/s1473-3099(13)70323-2},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1016/s1473-3099(13)70323-2}
}

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TY  - JOUR
TI  - Yersinia pestis and the Plague of Justinian 541–543 AD: a genomic analysis
AU  - David M Wagner
AU  - Jennifer Klunk
AU  - Michaela Harbeck
AU  - Alison Devault
AU  - Nicholas Waglechner
AU  - Jason W Sahl
AU  - Jacob Enk
AU  - Dawn N Birdsell
AU  - Melanie Kuch
AU  - Candice Lumibao
AU  - Debi Poinar
AU  - Talima Pearson
AU  - Mathieu Fourment
AU  - Brian Golding
AU  - Julia M Riehm
AU  - David J D Earn
AU  - Sharon DeWitte
AU  - Jean-Marie Rouillard
AU  - Gisela Grupe
AU  - Ingrid Wiechmann
AU  - James B Bliska
AU  - Paul S Keim
AU  - Holger C Scholz
AU  - Edward C Holmes
AU  - Hendrik Poinar
PY  - 2014
JO  - The Lancet Infectious Diseases
DO  - 10.1016/s1473-3099(13)70323-2
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Wagner, D. M., Klunk, J., Harbeck, M., Devault, A., Waglechner, N., Sahl, J. W., Enk, J., Birdsell, D. N., Kuch, M., Lumibao, C., Poinar, D., Pearson, T., Fourment, M., Golding, B., Riehm, J. M., Earn, D. J. D., DeWitte, S., Rouillard, J., Grupe, G., Wiechmann, I., Bliska, J. B., Keim, P. S., Scholz, H. C., Holmes, E. C., & Poinar, H. (2014). Yersinia pestis and the Plague of Justinian 541–543 AD: a genomic analysis. The Lancet Infectious Diseases. https://doi.org/10.1016/s1473-3099(13)70323-2

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