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ArticleNature communications2019

Phylogeography of the second plague pandemic revealed through analysis of historical Yersinia pestis genomes.

Maria A Spyrou, Marcel Keller, Rezeda I Tukhbatova, Christiana L Scheib, Elizabeth A Nelson, Aida Andrades Valtueña, Gunnar U Neumann, Don Walker, Amelie Alterauge, Niamh Carty and 22 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 63 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

63 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

32 authors.

Maria A SpyrouMax Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, 07745, Jena, Germany. spyrou@shh.mpg.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3615-3936
Marcel KellerMax Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, 07745, Jena, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9668-6817
Rezeda I TukhbatovaMax Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, 07745, Jena, Germany.
Christiana L ScheibInstitute of Genomics, University of Tartu, Riia 23b, 51010, Tartu, Estonia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4158-8296
Elizabeth A NelsonMax Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, 07745, Jena, Germany.
Aida Andrades ValtueñaMax Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, 07745, Jena, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1737-2228
Gunnar U NeumannMax Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, 07745, Jena, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3825-8536
Don WalkerMOLA (Museum of London Archaeology), London, N1 7ED, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1230-6069
Amelie AlteraugeDepartment of Physical Anthropology, Institute for Forensic Medicine, University of Bern, 3007, Bern, Switzerland.
Niamh CartyMOLA (Museum of London Archaeology), London, N1 7ED, UK.
Craig CessfordDepartment of Archaeology, University of Cambridge, Downing St, Cambridge, CB2 3ER, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7291-7828
Hermann FetzArchaeological Service, State Archive Nidwalden, 6371, Nidwalden, Switzerland.
Michaël GourvennecArcheodunum SAS, Agency Toulouse, 8 allée Michel de Montaigne, 31770, Colomiers, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1891-126X
Robert HartleMOLA (Museum of London Archaeology), London, N1 7ED, UK.
Michael HendersonMOLA (Museum of London Archaeology), London, N1 7ED, UK.
Kristin von HeykingSNSB, State Collection for Anthropology and Palaeoanatomy Munich, 80333, Munich, Germany.
Sarah A InskipMcDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, University of Cambridge, Downing St, Cambridge, CB2 3ER, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7424-2094
Sacha KackiPACEA, CNRS Institute, Université de Bordeaux, 33615, Pessac, France.
Felix M KeyInstitute for Medical Engineering and Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA.
Elizabeth L KnoxMOLA (Museum of London Archaeology), London, N1 7ED, UK.
Christian LaterBavarian State Department of Monuments and Sites, 80539, Munich, Germany.
Prishita Maheshwari-AplinDepartment of Archaeology, University of Cambridge, Downing St, Cambridge, CB2 3ER, UK.
Joris PetersSNSB, State Collection for Anthropology and Palaeoanatomy Munich, 80333, Munich, Germany.
John E RobbDepartment of Archaeology, University of Cambridge, Downing St, Cambridge, CB2 3ER, UK.
Jürgen SchreiberDig it! Company GbR, 86971, Peiting, Germany.
Toomas KivisildInstitute of Genomics, University of Tartu, Riia 23b, 51010, Tartu, Estonia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6297-7808
Dominique CastexPACEA, CNRS Institute, Université de Bordeaux, 33615, Pessac, France.
Sandra LöschDepartment of Physical Anthropology, Institute for Forensic Medicine, University of Bern, 3007, Bern, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3442-9764
Michaela HarbeckSNSB, State Collection for Anthropology and Palaeoanatomy Munich, 80333, Munich, Germany.
Alexander HerbigMax Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, 07745, Jena, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1176-1166
Kirsten I BosMax Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, 07745, Jena, Germany. bos@shh.mpg.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2937-3006
Johannes KrauseMax Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, 07745, Jena, Germany. krause@shh.mpg.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9144-3920

Funding

Wellcome Trust 200368/Z/15/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The second plague pandemic, caused by Yersinia pestis, devastated Europe and the nearby regions between the 14

Indexed as

PandemicsArchaeologyDNA, BacterialEurope, EasternFossilsGenome, BacterialHigh-Throughput Nucleotide SequencingHumansPhylogenyPhylogeographyPlaguePolymorphism, Single NucleotideTime FactorsVirulenceYersinia pestisDNA, Bacterial

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PMID31578321
PMCPMC6775055

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