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ArticleGenome research2017

Population genomics and the evolution of virulence in the fungal pathogen

Christopher A Desjardins, Charles Giamberardino, Sean M Sykes, Chen-Hsin Yu, Jennifer L Tenor, Yuan Chen, Timothy Yang, Alexander M Jones, Sheng Sun, Miriam R Haverkamp and 4 more

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Article in Genome research, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 118 papers.

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118citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

118 citing papers in PubMed, 179 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Christopher A DesjardinsBroad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3160-4734
Charles GiamberardinoDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA.
Sean M SykesBroad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142, USA.
Chen-Hsin YuDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA.
Jennifer L TenorDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA.
Yuan ChenDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA.
Timothy YangDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA.
Alexander M JonesDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA.
Sheng SunDepartment of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA.
Miriam R HaverkampPerelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA.
Joseph HeitmanDepartment of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA.
Anastasia P LitvintsevaMycotic Diseases Branch, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30329, USA.
John R PerfectDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA.
Christina A CuomoBroad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5778-960X
Duke Medical Center · USBroad Institute · USDuke University · USCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · USUniversity of Pennsylvania · US

Funding

Viral Genomics: evolution, spread, and host interactionsU19AI110818 · NIAID · BROAD INSTITUTE, INC. · PI CUOMO, CHRISTINA A · 2014 to 2024
$66.5M
Structure, function, and evolution of the Cryptococcus MAT locusR01AI050113 · NIAID · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI HEITMAN, JOSEPH · 2002 to 2024
$8.5M
Genetics of Cryptococcus sexual reproductionR37AI039115 · NIAID · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI HEITMAN, JOSEPH · 2011 to 2020
$4.9M
Pathobiology of C. neoformans in the Central Nervous SystemR01AI073896 · NIAID · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI PERFECT, JOHN R. · 2008 to 2018
$4.4M
Evolution of Cryptococcus neoformans Strains from Patients with HIV/AIDSR01AI093257 · NIAID · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI PERFECT, JOHN R. · 2011 to 2022
$3.8M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI050113NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI073896NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI093257NIAID NIH HHS R37 AI039115NIAID NIH HHS U19 AI110818
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Cryptococcus neoformansEvolution, MolecularAfrica South of the SaharaCryptococcosisFungal ProteinsGenetics, PopulationGenome-Wide Association StudyHumansTranscription FactorsVirulence FactorsFungal ProteinsTranscription FactorsVirulence Factors

Identifiers

PMID28611159
PMCPMC5495072
OpenAlexW2951489899

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