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. 2012 Feb 17;7(2):e30624. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0030624

Figure 4. Sampling sites in Mongolia and observed genotypes.

Figure 4

The map of Mongolia shows the sampling sites 1 to 35 and associated clusters (in color). Sizes of circles correlate to the number of collected strains. The exact geographic position of plague foci, and further background data of strains is listed in Table S1. Genotypes are explained in Table 1. Some previously published natural plague foci are shown in ovals. Colors match the corresponding lineage found in Mongolia: Mountain-Altai, Russia (#36), a reservoir for 0.PE1/Altaica strains. Tuva (Mongun-Taigin), Russia (#37), populated with 3.ANT genotype strains. Khentii province (KP), Mongolia [4], associated with the 2.ANT3 lineage. Bayanölgie province (BP), Mongolia [18] associated with the Ulegeica biovar. Chinese natural plague foci are present in Ningxia, Hebei, Shanxi, and Inner Mongolia, (I), Inner Mongolia, Jilin, Heilongjiang (H), and Inner Mongolia (L). Different lineages have been isolated here as shown by Li et al. [5].