Scientific publications - Synergy-Plague

The plague of Egypt crossing the Red Sea: The arrival and focalisation of plague in the southern Red Sea region in the 1430s

Journal of Global History, 5 June 2026. Philip Slavin. (Open Access.)

The introduction and spread of plague in the Great Lakes region of East Africa, c.1700–1900: a palaeogenetic and social history

Social History, 6 May 2026. Philip Slavin and Guillem Mas Fiol. (Open Access.)

Commentary on Seersholm Et al.: Yersinia pestis Infection Is Not Synonymous With Deadly Plague in Neolithic Scandinavia

American Journal of Biological Anthropology (AJBA), 16 January 2026. Hamadou Oumarou Hama, Michel Drancourt, Philip Slavin, and Florent Sebbane. (Open Access.)

A possible connection between vertical transhumance and temporary plague reservoirs during the Second Plague epidemic

bioRxiv, 11 October 2025. Nimrod Marom, Jörg Baten, and Philip Slavin. (Preprint. Open Access.)

Jinn in the mountains: Ecology, climate and plague reservoir in the Yemeni Highlands, C.839/1436–965/15581

Nouvelles Chroniques du manuscrit au Yémen (nCmY), July 2025. Philip Slavin. (Open Access.)