A refined phylochronology of the second plague pandemic in Western Eurasia

Marcel Keller, Meriam Guellil, Philip Slavin, Lehti Saag, Kadri Irdt, Helja Kabral, Anu Solnik, Martin Malve, Heiki Valk, Aivar Kriiska, Craig Cessford, Sarah A. Inskip, John E. Robb, Christine Cooper, Conradin von Planta, Mathias Seifert, Thomas Reitmaier, Willem A. Baetsen, Don Walker, Sandra Lösch, Sönke Szidat, Mait Metspalu, Toomas Kivisild, Kristiina Tambets, Christiana L. Scheib

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DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2534899123
Published: 2026-09-10
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@article{allodium:10.1073/pnas.2534899123,
  title = {A refined phylochronology of the second plague pandemic in Western Eurasia},
  author = {Marcel Keller and Meriam Guellil and Philip Slavin and Lehti Saag and Kadri Irdt and Helja Kabral and Anu Solnik and Martin Malve and Heiki Valk and Aivar Kriiska and Craig Cessford and Sarah A. Inskip and John E. Robb and Christine Cooper and Conradin von Planta and Mathias Seifert and Thomas Reitmaier and Willem A. Baetsen and Don Walker and Sandra Lösch and Sönke Szidat and Mait Metspalu and Toomas Kivisild and Kristiina Tambets and Christiana L. Scheib},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences},
  doi = {10.1073/pnas.2534899123},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2534899123}
}

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TY  - JOUR
TI  - A refined phylochronology of the second plague pandemic in Western Eurasia
AU  - Marcel Keller
AU  - Meriam Guellil
AU  - Philip Slavin
AU  - Lehti Saag
AU  - Kadri Irdt
AU  - Helja Kabral
AU  - Anu Solnik
AU  - Martin Malve
AU  - Heiki Valk
AU  - Aivar Kriiska
AU  - Craig Cessford
AU  - Sarah A. Inskip
AU  - John E. Robb
AU  - Christine Cooper
AU  - Conradin von Planta
AU  - Mathias Seifert
AU  - Thomas Reitmaier
AU  - Willem A. Baetsen
AU  - Don Walker
AU  - Sandra Lösch
AU  - Sönke Szidat
AU  - Mait Metspalu
AU  - Toomas Kivisild
AU  - Kristiina Tambets
AU  - Christiana L. Scheib
PY  - 2026
JO  - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
DO  - 10.1073/pnas.2534899123
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Keller, M., Guellil, M., Slavin, P., Saag, L., Irdt, K., Kabral, H., Solnik, A., Malve, M., Valk, H., Kriiska, A., Cessford, C., Inskip, S. A., Robb, J. E., Cooper, C., Planta, C. V., Seifert, M., Reitmaier, T., Baetsen, W. A., Walker, D., Lösch, S., Szidat, S., Metspalu, M., Kivisild, T., Tambets, K., & Scheib, C. L. (2026). A refined phylochronology of the second plague pandemic in Western Eurasia. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2534899123

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