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Y. pestis strains show reduced virulence during second plague pandemic

ABSTRACT: Medieval Yersinia pestis strains from Latvia show low abundance of the pla gene and reduced virulence at the end of the second plague pandemic

PROVIDER: PRJEB36413 | ENA |

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