title: Yersinia pestis and the three plague pandemics--authors' reply.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences and Center for Microbial Genetics and Genomics, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, USA.
authors.forename: David M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Wagner
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences and Center for Microbial Genetics and Genomics, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, USA.
authors.forename: Paul S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Keim
authors.affiliation: Bundeswehr Institute for Microbiology, Munich, Germany.
authors.forename: Holger C
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Scholz
authors.affiliation: Marie Bashir Institute for Infectious Diseases and Biosecurity, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
authors.forename: Edward C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Holmes
authors.affiliation: McMaster Ancient DNA Centre, Department of Anthropology, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON L8S 4L8, Canada. Electronic address: poinarh@mcmaster.ca.
authors.forename: Hendrik
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Poinar
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D058873:Pandemics / Q000266:history*; D010802:Phylogeny; D010930:Plague / Q000266:history*; D015010:Yersinia pestis / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial