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New findings on the Medieval and Justinian Plague
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10-13-2011, 06:27 AM
A DNA analysis has found out that the plague bacteria which caused the Black Death in the 14th century was a very recent mutation - it did not develop before 1282. This also means that the Justinian plague must have been caused by another plague bacterium or an altogether different pathogenic organism.

Pest-Genom entziffert. Am Anfang war der Schwarze Tod
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New findings on the Medieval and Justinian Plague - by Eleatic Guest - 10-13-2011, 06:27 AM

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