Human herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV-1), a life-long infection spread by oral contact, infects a
majority of adults globally. Phylogeographic clustering of sampled diversity into European …

The extent of the devastation of the Black Death pandemic (1346–1353) on European
populations is known from documentary sources and its bacterial source illuminated by …

This perspective draws on the record of ancient pathogen genomes and microbiomes
illuminating patterns of infectious disease over the course of the Holocene in order to …

Ancient DNA research has provided important insights into the evolutionary history of
Yersinia pestis during the historical plague pandemics. Future work should prioritise a more …

Brucella melitensis is a major livestock bacterial pathogen and zoonosis, causing disease
and infection-related abortions in small ruminants and humans. A considerable burden to …

The impact of endemic and epidemic disease on humans has traditionally been seen as a
comparatively recent historical phenomenon associated with the Neolithisation of human …

Although dozens of ancient Yersinia pestis genomes and a vast corpus of documentary data
are available, the origin and spread of consecutive outbreaks of the Second Plague …

Metabolomic approaches, such as in clinical applications of living individuals, have shown
potential use for solving questions regarding the past when applied to archaeological …

Since life on earth developed, parasitic microbes have thrived. Increases in host numbers, or
the conquest of a new species, provide an opportunity for such a pathogen to enjoy, before …

A recombinase polymerase amplification-lateral flow strip assay was established for
detection of the outer membrane protein P6 (omp6) and the capsule encoding gene bexA of …