List of works - Maria A Spyrou

Historical Y. pestis Genomes Reveal the European Black Death as the Source of Ancient and Modern Plague Pandemics

scientific article

The Stone Age Plague and Its Persistence in Eurasia

scientific article published on 20 November 2017

Salmonella enterica genomes from victims of a major sixteenth-century epidemic in Mexico

scientific article published on 15 January 2018

Parallel detection of ancient pathogens via array-based DNA capture

scientific article

A High-Coverage Yersinia pestis Genome from a Sixth-Century Justinianic Plague Victim

scientific article (publication date: November 2016)

Ancient pathogen genomics as an emerging tool for infectious disease research

scientific article published on 01 June 2019

Analysis of 3800-year-old Yersinia pestis genomes suggests Bronze Age origin for bubonic plague

scientific article

Ancient Yersinia pestis genomes from across Western Europe reveal early diversification during the First Pandemic (541-750)

scientific article published on 04 June 2019

Phylogeography of the second plague pandemic revealed through analysis of historical Yersinia pestis genomes

scientific article published on 2 October 2019

Emergence of human-adapted Salmonella enterica is linked to the Neolithization process

scientific article published on 24 February 2020

The Stone Age Plague: 1000 years of Persistence in Eurasia

scholarly article

Salmonella entericagenomes recovered from victims of a major 16th century epidemic in Mexico

A treponemal genome from an historic plague victim supports a recent emergence of yaws and its presence in 15th century Europe

scientific article published on 11 June 2020

Paleomicrobiology: Diagnosis and Evolution of Ancient Pathogens

scientific article published on 05 July 2019

A58 Epidemic dynamics of ancient disease outbreaks

article published in 2019

AncientYersinia pestisgenomes provide no evidence for the origins or spread of the Justinianic Plague

scientific article

Early contact between late farming and pastoralist societies in southeastern Europe

scientific article published in 2023

Evolutionary history and recurrent host adaptation in ancient Salmonella enterica

Analysis of Genomic DNA from Medieval Plague Victims Suggests Long-Term Effect of Yersinia pestis on Human Immunity Genes

scientific article published on 01 September 2021

A genome sequence from a modern human skull over 45,000 years old from Zlatý kůň in Czechia

scientific article published on 7 April 2021

Mitochondrial genomes of Middle Pleistocene horses from the open-air site complex of Schöningen

scientific article published in October 2025

Ancient Yersinia pestis genomes from across Western Europe reveal early diversification during the First Pandemic (541-750):

Stone Age Yersinia pestis genomes shed light on the early evolution, diversity, and ecology of plague

scientific article published on 11 April 2022

Ancient Plasmodium genomes shed light on the history of human malaria

Community-curated and standardised metadata of published ancient metagenomic samples with AncientMetagenomeDir

scientific article published on 26 January 2021

List of works by Maria A Spyrou

Historical Y. pestis Genomes Reveal the European Black Death as the Source of Ancient and Modern Plague Pandemics

The Stone Age Plague and Its Persistence in Eurasia

Salmonella enterica genomes from victims of a major sixteenth-century epidemic in Mexico

Parallel detection of ancient pathogens via array-based DNA capture

A High-Coverage Yersinia pestis Genome from a Sixth-Century Justinianic Plague Victim

Ancient pathogen genomics as an emerging tool for infectious disease research

Analysis of 3800-year-old Yersinia pestis genomes suggests Bronze Age origin for bubonic plague

Ancient Yersinia pestis genomes from across Western Europe reveal early diversification during the First Pandemic (541-750)

Phylogeography of the second plague pandemic revealed through analysis of historical Yersinia pestis genomes

Emergence of human-adapted Salmonella enterica is linked to the Neolithization process

The Stone Age Plague: 1000 years of Persistence in Eurasia

Salmonella entericagenomes recovered from victims of a major 16th century epidemic in Mexico

A treponemal genome from an historic plague victim supports a recent emergence of yaws and its presence in 15th century Europe

Paleomicrobiology: Diagnosis and Evolution of Ancient Pathogens

A58 Epidemic dynamics of ancient disease outbreaks

AncientYersinia pestisgenomes provide no evidence for the origins or spread of the Justinianic Plague

Early contact between late farming and pastoralist societies in southeastern Europe

Evolutionary history and recurrent host adaptation in ancient Salmonella enterica

Analysis of Genomic DNA from Medieval Plague Victims Suggests Long-Term Effect of Yersinia pestis on Human Immunity Genes

A genome sequence from a modern human skull over 45,000 years old from Zlatý kůň in Czechia

Mitochondrial genomes of Middle Pleistocene horses from the open-air site complex of Schöningen

Ancient Yersinia pestis genomes from across Western Europe reveal early diversification during the First Pandemic (541-750):

Stone Age Yersinia pestis genomes shed light on the early evolution, diversity, and ecology of plague

Ancient Plasmodium genomes shed light on the history of human malaria

Community-curated and standardised metadata of published ancient metagenomic samples with AncientMetagenomeDir

A phylogeography of the second plague pandemic revealed through the analysis of historical Y. pestis genomes