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ArticleScientific reports2017

Insight into the global evolution of Rodentia associated Morbilli-related paramyxoviruses.

Wissem Ghawar, Hervé Pascalis, Jihéne Bettaieb, Julien Mélade, Adel Gharbi, Mohamed Ali Snoussi, Dhafer Laouini, Steven M Goodman, Afif Ben Salah, Koussay Dellagi

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Article in Scientific reports, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 29% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 3 institutions in 5 countries.

Wissem GhawarCentre de Recherche et de Veille sur les maladies émergentes dans l'Océan Indien (CRVOI), Plateforme de Recherche CYROI, Sainte Clotilde, La Réunion, France. ghawarwissemmed@yahoo.fr.ORCID 0000-0003-4004-6532
Hervé PascalisCentre de Recherche et de Veille sur les maladies émergentes dans l'Océan Indien (CRVOI), Plateforme de Recherche CYROI, Sainte Clotilde, La Réunion, France. herve.pascalis@ird.fr.ORCID 0000-0002-6822-7311
Jihéne BettaiebLaboratory of Medical Epidemiology, Institut Pasteur de Tunis (IPT), Tunis-Belvédère, Tunis, Tunisia.
Julien MéladeCentre de Recherche et de Veille sur les maladies émergentes dans l'Océan Indien (CRVOI), Plateforme de Recherche CYROI, Sainte Clotilde, La Réunion, France.
Adel GharbiLaboratory of Medical Epidemiology, Institut Pasteur de Tunis (IPT), Tunis-Belvédère, Tunis, Tunisia.
Mohamed Ali SnoussiLaboratory of Medical Epidemiology, Institut Pasteur de Tunis (IPT), Tunis-Belvédère, Tunis, Tunisia.
Dhafer LaouiniLaboratory of Transmission, Control and Immunobiology of Infections (LTCII), LR11IPT02, Institut Pasteur de Tunis (IPT), Tunis-Belvédère, Tunis, Tunisia.
Steven M GoodmanField Museum of Natural History, 1400 S. Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL, 60605-2496, USA.
Afif Ben SalahLaboratory of Medical Epidemiology, Institut Pasteur de Tunis (IPT), Tunis-Belvédère, Tunis, Tunisia.
Koussay DellagiCentre de Recherche et de Veille sur les maladies émergentes dans l'Océan Indien (CRVOI), Plateforme de Recherche CYROI, Sainte Clotilde, La Réunion, France.
Tunis University · TNCentre National de la Recherche Scientifique · FRField Museum of Natural History · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

One portion of the family Paramyxoviridae is a group of Unclassified Morbilli-Related Viruses (UMRV) recently recognized in wild small mammals. At a global level, the evolutionary history of these viruses is not properly understood and the relationships between UMRV and their hosts still remain largely unstudied. The present study revealed, for the first time, that Rodentia associated UMRV emerged from a common ancestor in southern Africa more than 4000 years ago. Sequenced UMRV originating from different regions in the world, clustered into four well-supported viral lineages, which suggest that strain diversification occurred during host dispersal and associated exchanges, with purifying selection pressure as the principal evolutionary force. In addition, multi-introductions on different continents and islands of Rodentia associated UMRV and spillover between rodent species, most probably Rattus rattus, were detected and indicate that these animals are implicated in the vectoring and in the worldwide emergence of this virus group. The natural history and the evolution dynamics of these zoonotic viruses, originating from and hosted by wild animals, are most likely shaped by commensalism related to human activities.

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Biological EvolutionHost-Pathogen InteractionsParamyxoviridaeAnimalsBayes TheoremEvolution, MolecularParamyxoviridae InfectionsPhylogenyRodentiaViral ProteinsL protein, paramyxoviridaeViral Proteins

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PMID28512347
PMCPMC5434063
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