Paleogenomics of the Plague Agent and Prospects for Paleogenomic Studies in Russia
Journal: Problems of Particularly Dangerous Infections
Year: 2023

The review contains information on paleogenomic studies of the plague pathogen, Yersinia pestis , covering the prehistoric epoch, the periods of the first and second plague pandemics, epidemics and outbreaks of plague of the late XIX–XX centuries. We have summarized the data on the reconstruction of ancient Y. pestis genomes of the Late Neolithic, Bronze and Iron Ages, the Justinian Plague epidemic of the first plague pandemic, the Black Death epidemic and the subsequent epidemics of the second