Whole-Genome Sequencing and Comparative Analysis of Yersinia Pestis, the Causative Agent of a Plague Outbreak in Northern Peru

ABSTRACT The plague is a zoonotic disease caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis . Here, we report the complete genome sequence of the Y. pestis strain INS, which was isolated from swollen lymph gland aspirate (bubo aspirate) of an infected patient from a pneumonic outbreak in 2010 in northern Peru.