Abstract
Comparative analysis of 57 strains of Y. pestis subsp. microtus bv. caucasica was carried out using molecular typing. The results obtained indicate the presence of three independent phylogenetic groups and indicate the advisability of isolation of the Leninakan mountain mesofocus from the Transcaucasian highland focus into an independent focus, as well as inclusion of part of the Pre-Araks low-mountain focus as the mesofocus along with the Pre-Sevan mountain and Zangezur-Karabakh mountain mesofoci into the Transcaucasian highland plague focus. It is shown that the strains circulating in the East Caucasus highland focus of plague are the most ancient branch of the caucasica biovar, and possibly of the entire phylogenetic tree of Y. pestis.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Similar content being viewed by others
References
Aparin, G.P. and Golubinskii, E.P., Mikrobiologiya chumy: Rukovodstvo (Plague Microbiology: Guidelines), Irkutsk, 1989.
Eroshenko, G.A., Odinokov, G.N., Krasnov, Ya.M., et al., Probl. Osobo Opasn. Inf., 2009, no. 99, pp. 52–54.
Platonov, M.E., Molecular-Genetic Studies of Diversity and Microevolution of Yersinia pestis, Extended Abstract of Cand. Sci. (Med.) Dissertation, Obolensk, 2010.
Prirodnye ochagi chumy Kavkaza, Prikaspiya, Srednei Azii i Sibiri (Natural Foci of Plague in the Caucasus, Caspian Region, Central Asia, and Siberia), Onishchenko, G.G. and Kutyrev, V.V., Eds., Moscow, 2004.
Adair, D.M., Worsham, P.L., Hill, K.K., et al., J. Clin. Microbiol., 2000, vol. 38, pp. 1516–1519.
Anisimov, A.P., Lindler, L.E., and Pier, G.B., Clin. Microbiol. Rev., 2004, vol. 17, pp. 434–464.
Anisimov, A.P., Dentovskaya, S.V., Panfertsev, E.A., et al., Infect. Genet. Evol., 2010, vol. 10, pp. 137–145.
Avise, J.C., Arnold, J., Ball, R., et al., Annu. Rev. Ecol. Syst., 1987, vol. 18, pp. 489–522.
Bearden, S.W., Sexton, C., Pare, J., et al., Microbiology, 2009, vol. 155, pp. 198–209.
Cui, Y., Li, Y., George, O., et al., PLoS ONE, 2008, vol. 3, p. e2652.
Kiefer, D., Dalantai, G., Damdindorj, T., et al., Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis., 2011, Oct 24. doi:10.I089/vbz.2011.0748
Li, Y., Cui, Y., Hauck, Y., et al., PLoS ONE, 2009, vol. 4, p. e6000.
Lidler, L.E., J. AOAC Int., 2009, vol. 92, pp. 1174–1183.
Morelli, G. Song, Y., Mazzoni, C.J., et al., Nat. Genet., 2010, vol. 42, pp. 1140–1143.
Zhou, D., Tong, Z., Song, Y., et al., J. Bacteriol., 2004, vol. 186, pp. 5147–5152.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Additional information
Original Russian Text © M.E. Platonov, V.V. Evseeva, T.E. Svetoch, D.V. Efremenko, I.V. Kuznetsova, S.V. Dentovskaya, A.N. Kulichenko, A.P. Anisimov, 2012, published in Molekulyarnaya Genetika, Mikrobiologiya i Virusologiya, 2012, no. 3, pp. 18–21.
About this article
Cite this article
Platonov, M.E., Evseeva, V.V., Svetoch, T.E. et al. Phylogeography of Yersinia pestis vole strains isolated from natural foci of the Caucasus and South Caucasus. Mol. Genet. Microbiol. Virol. 27, 108–111 (2012). https://doi.org/10.3103/S089141681203007X
Received:
Published:
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3103/S089141681203007X