Climate-driven introduction of the Black Death and successive plague reintroductions into Europe
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F86652079%3A_____%2F15%3A00473355" target="_blank" >RIV/86652079:_____/15:00473355 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1412887112" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1412887112</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1412887112" target="_blank" >10.1073/pnas.1412887112</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Climate-driven introduction of the Black Death and successive plague reintroductions into Europe
Original language description
The Black Death, originating in Asia, arrived in the Mediterranean harbors of Europe in 1347 CE, via the land and sea trade routes of the ancient Silk Road system. This epidemic marked the start of the second plague pandemic, which lasted in Europe until the early 19th century. This pandemic is generally understood as the consequence of a singular introduction of Yersinia pestis, after which the disease established itself in European rodents over four centuries. To locate these putative plague reservoirs, we studied the climate fluctuations that preceded regional plague epidemics, based on a dataset of 7,711 georeferenced historical plague outbreaks and 15 annually resolved tree-ring records from Europe and Asia. We provide evidence for repeated climate-driven reintroductions of the bacterium into European harbors from reservoirs in Asia, with a delay of 15 +/- 1 y. Our analysis finds no support for the existence of permanent plague reservoirs in medieval Europe.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>x</sub> - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)
CEP classification
EH - Ecology - communities
OECD FORD branch
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Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2015
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
ISSN
0027-8424
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
112
Issue of the periodical within the volume
10
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
6
Pages from-to
3020-3025
UT code for WoS article
000350646500041
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-84924384863