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Yersinia pestis and the Plague of Justinian 541–543 AD: a genomic analysis

Overview of attention for article published in Lancet Infectious Diseases, January 2014
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Title
Yersinia pestis and the Plague of Justinian 541–543 AD: a genomic analysis
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Lancet Infectious Diseases, January 2014
DOI 10.1016/s1473-3099(13)70323-2
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Authors

David M Wagner, Jennifer Klunk, Michaela Harbeck, Alison Devault, Nicholas Waglechner, Jason W Sahl, Jacob Enk, Dawn N Birdsell, Melanie Kuch, Candice Lumibao, Debi Poinar, Talima Pearson, Mathieu Fourment, Brian Golding, Julia M Riehm, David J D Earn, Sharon DeWitte, Jean-Marie Rouillard, Gisela Grupe, Ingrid Wiechmann, James B Bliska, Paul S Keim, Holger C Scholz, Edward C Holmes, Hendrik Poinar

Abstract

Yersinia pestis has caused at least three human plague pandemics. The second (Black Death, 14-17th centuries) and third (19-20th centuries) have been genetically characterised, but there is only a limited understanding of the first pandemic, the Plague of Justinian (6-8th centuries). To address this gap, we sequenced and analysed draft genomes of Y pestis obtained from two individuals who died in the first pandemic.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United States 6 1%
Germany 3 <1%
France 2 <1%
Norway 2 <1%
United Kingdom 2 <1%
Chile 1 <1%
Sweden 1 <1%
Kenya 1 <1%
Switzerland 1 <1%
Other 4 <1%
Unknown 470 95%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 93 19%
Student > Bachelor 85 17%
Researcher 75 15%
Student > Master 50 10%
Student > Doctoral Student 29 6%
Other 74 15%
Unknown 87 18%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 137 28%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 73 15%
Medicine and Dentistry 36 7%
Social Sciences 25 5%
Immunology and Microbiology 20 4%
Other 94 19%
Unknown 108 22%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 974. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 28 January 2024.
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#16,815
of 25,443,857 outputs
Outputs from Lancet Infectious Diseases
#101
of 6,045 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#96
of 323,257 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Lancet Infectious Diseases
#1
of 68 outputs
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