Justinianic plague: a standalone construct

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Environmental history

the plague pandemic that began in 541 CE in the Byzantine world, shown here to have been caused by Yersinia pestis.

In environmental history, Justinianic plague refers to the plague pandemic that began in 541 CE in the Byzantine world, shown here to have been caused by Yersinia pestis. This meaning comes from Wagner (2014) in The Lancet Infectious Diseases.[1]

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Wagner, D. M., Klunk, J., Harbeck, M., Devault, A., Waglechner, N., Sahl, J. W., Enk, J., Birdsell, D. N., Kuch, M., Lumibao, C., Poinar, D., Pearson, T., Fourment, M., Golding, B., Riehm, J. M., Earn, D. J. D., DeWitte, S., Rouillard, J., Grupe, G., Wiechmann, I., Bliska, J. B., Keim, P. S., Scholz, H. C., Holmes, E. C., & Poinar, H. (2014). Yersinia pestis and the Plague of Justinian 541–543 AD: a genomic analysis. The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 14(4), 319-326. https://doi.org/10.1016/s1473-3099(13)70323-2

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