Genetic Evidence of Yersinia pestis from the First Pandemic
Abstract
1. Introduction
Archaeological Context—Jerash (Ancient Gerasa)
2. Methods and Results
2.1. Proteomic Results Showed Potential Presence of the Plague Pathogen
2.2. Whole Genome Sequences Revealed the Pandemic Pathogen Genome
2.3. Virulence Factor Analysis
2.4. Tracking Potential Transmission of the First Pandemic
3. Discussion
4. Conclusions
5. Limitations
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Adapa, S.R.; Hendrix, K.; Upadhyay, A.; Dutta, S.; Vianello, A.; O’Corry-Crowe, G.; Monroy, J.; Ferrer, T.; Remily-Wood, E.; Ferreira, G.C.; et al. Genetic Evidence of Yersinia pestis from the First Pandemic. Genes 2025, 16, 926. https://doi.org/10.3390/genes16080926
Adapa SR, Hendrix K, Upadhyay A, Dutta S, Vianello A, O’Corry-Crowe G, Monroy J, Ferrer T, Remily-Wood E, Ferreira GC, et al. Genetic Evidence of Yersinia pestis from the First Pandemic. Genes. 2025; 16(8):926. https://doi.org/10.3390/genes16080926
Chicago/Turabian StyleAdapa, Swamy R., Karen Hendrix, Aditya Upadhyay, Subhajeet Dutta, Andrea Vianello, Gregory O’Corry-Crowe, Jorge Monroy, Tatiana Ferrer, Elizabeth Remily-Wood, Gloria C. Ferreira, and et al. 2025. "Genetic Evidence of Yersinia pestis from the First Pandemic" Genes 16, no. 8: 926. https://doi.org/10.3390/genes16080926
APA StyleAdapa, S. R., Hendrix, K., Upadhyay, A., Dutta, S., Vianello, A., O’Corry-Crowe, G., Monroy, J., Ferrer, T., Remily-Wood, E., Ferreira, G. C., Decker, M., Tykot, R. H., Tripathy, S., & Jiang, R. H. Y. (2025). Genetic Evidence of Yersinia pestis from the First Pandemic. Genes, 16(8), 926. https://doi.org/10.3390/genes16080926