Volume 10, Number 9—September 2004
Research
Genotyping, Orientalis-like Yersinia pestis, and Plague Pandemics
Michel Drancourt*, Véronique Roux*, La Vu Dang*, Lam Tran-Hung*, Dominique Castex†, Viviane Chenal-Francisque‡, Hiroyuki Ogata§, Pierre-Edouard Fournier*, Eric Crubézy¶, and Didier Raoult*
Table 1
Alleles of eight spacers in three Yersinia pestis biovars
| Biovar | YP no. strains | Country | YP1 | YP3 | YP4 | YP5 | YP7 | YP8 | YP9 | YP10 | Isolate type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antiqua | |||||||||||
| 611/Japan | Japan | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 552/Margaret | Kenya | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 548/343 | Belgium | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 544 | Congo | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| 549 | Kenya | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| 542 | Belgium | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
| 550 | Congo | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | |
| 553 | Kenya | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| 566 | Kenya | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
| 677 | Kenya | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | |
| 545 | Kenya | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| Medievalis | |||||||||||
| 519/PKH-4 | Kurdistan | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | |
| 616/PAR-13 | Iran | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | |
| 557/PKR292 | Kurdistan | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | |
| 564 | Kurdistan | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | |
| 565 | Turkey | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | |
| 557 | Kurdistan | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | |
| 518 | Kurdistan | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | |
| 520 | Kurdistan | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | |
| 560 | Kurdistan | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | |
| 561 | Kurdistan | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | |
| 617 | Iran | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | |
| 670 | Kurdistan | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | |
| 1594 | Kurdistan | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | |
| Orientalis | |||||||||||
| 304/6-69 | Madagascar | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 12 | |
| 685 | Germany | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 13 | |
| Hamburg10 | USA | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 14 | |
| CO92 | USA | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 13 | |
| 507 | Vietnam | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 15 | |
| 1513 | Madagascar | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 16 | |
| 571 | Brazil | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 17 | |
| 613 | Myanmar | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 18 | |
| 643 | Madagascar | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 18 | |
| 695 | Germany | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 17 | |
| 772 | Vietnam | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 17 | |
| 989 | Vietnam | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 19 | |
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