Fwd: all of today's infections might have started in London!

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From: J 

Dear Rajeev,

Hope you are doing well. It has been a long time since we corresponded.

I just saw this item about a Lancet article, and was struck by one line (which I quote below):

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn24948-black-death-may-have-scuppered-roman-empire.html#.UuswdlaSydM

 In contrast, the Y. pestis DNA from a mass grave dug during the 1348 plague in Spitalfields, London, suggest those bacteria are ancestors of all modern human infections worldwide.

Limeys have the audacity to name some new bacterial super-bug as New Delhi, etc. but look at the scientific evidence: all of today's infections might have started in London!

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