Climate-driven introduction of the Black Death and successive plague reintroductions into Europe

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

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Výsledek na webu

<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>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Climate-driven introduction of the Black Death and successive plague reintroductions into Europe

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

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.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Climate-driven introduction of the Black Death and successive plague reintroductions into Europe

Popis výsledku anglicky

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.

Druh

J_x - Nezařazeno - Článek v odborném periodiku (Jimp, Jsc a Jost)

CEP obor

EH - Ekologie – společenstva

OECD FORD obor

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Projekt

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Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2015

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

ISSN

0027-8424

e-ISSN

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Svazek periodika

112

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

10

Stát vydavatele periodika

US - Spojené státy americké

Počet stran výsledku

6

Strana od-do

3020-3025

Kód UT WoS článku

000350646500041

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-84924384863