Phylogenetic analysis of the origin and spread of plague in Madagascar
L. R. Esquivel Gomez, C. Savin, V. Andrianaivoarimanana, S. Rahajandraibe, L. N. Randriantseheno, Z. Zhou, A. Kocher, M. Rajerison, X. Didelot, D. Kühnert
This study uses Bayesian phylogenetics to trace the origin and spread of plague in Madagascar, identifying two independent reintroductions from the Central Highlands to Mahajanga in the early 1980s.
bioRxiv · Mar 29, 2022Microbiology