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ArticlePloS one2017

EWET: Data collection and interface for the genetic analysis of Echinococcus multilocularis based on EmsB microsatellite.

Jenny Knapp, Sylvie Damy, Jonathan Brillaud, Jean-Daniel Tissot, Jérémy Navion, Raphael Mélior, Eve Afonso, Vanessa Hormaz, Bruno Gottstein, Gérald Umhang and 4 more

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Article in PloS one, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 32% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 23 citations in OpenAlex.

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  10. Asian Admixture in EuropeanFrontiers in veterinary science · 2020
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  11. Genetic diversity ofFood and waterborne parasitology · 2019
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors at 5 institutions in 4 countries.

Jenny KnappLaboratoire Chrono-environnement UMR CNRS 6249, University Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Besançon, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2054-1619
Sylvie DamyLaboratoire Chrono-environnement UMR CNRS 6249, University Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Besançon, France.
Jonathan BrillaudLaboratoire Chrono-environnement UMR CNRS 6249, University Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Besançon, France.
Jean-Daniel TissotLaboratoire Chrono-environnement UMR CNRS 6249, University Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Besançon, France.
Jérémy NavionLaboratoire Chrono-environnement UMR CNRS 6249, University Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Besançon, France.
Raphael MéliorUMS 3245 OSU THETA Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Observatory of Besançon, Besançon, France.
Eve AfonsoLaboratoire Chrono-environnement UMR CNRS 6249, University Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Besançon, France.
Vanessa HormazAnses Nancy laboratory for Rabies and Wildlife, National Reference Laboratory for Echinococcus spp., Wildlife Surveillance and Eco-epidemiology unit, Technopole Agricole et Vétérinaire, Malzéville, France.
Bruno GottsteinInstitut de Parasitologie de Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
Gérald UmhangAnses Nancy laboratory for Rabies and Wildlife, National Reference Laboratory for Echinococcus spp., Wildlife Surveillance and Eco-epidemiology unit, Technopole Agricole et Vétérinaire, Malzéville, France.
Adriano CasulliWHO Collaborating Centre for the epidemiology, detection and control of cystic and alveolar echinococcosis, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy.
Frédéric DadeauUniversity Bourgogne Franche-Comté FEMTO-ST Institute/CNRS, Besançon, France.
Laurence MillonLaboratoire Chrono-environnement UMR CNRS 6249, University Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Besançon, France.
Francis RaoulLaboratoire Chrono-environnement UMR CNRS 6249, University Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Besançon, France.
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique · FRLife Services (United States) · USInstitut UTINAM · FRIstituto Superiore di Sanità · ITUniversity of Bern · CH

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Evolution and dispersion history on Earth of organisms can best be studied through biological markers in molecular epidemiological studies. The biological diversity of the cestode Echinococcus multilocularis was investigated in different cladistic approaches. First the morphological aspects were explored in connection with its ecology. More recently, molecular aspects were investigated to better understand the nature of the variations observed among isolates. The study of the tandemly repeated multilocus microsatellite EmsB allowed us to attain a high genetic diversity level where other classic markers have failed. Since 2006, EmsB data have been collected on specimens from various endemic foci of the parasite in Europe (in historic and newly endemic areas), Asia (China, Japan and Kyrgyzstan), and North America (Canada and Alaska). Biological data on the isolates and metadata were also recorded (e.g. host, geographical location, EmsB analysis, citation in the literature). In order to make available the data set of 1,166 isolates from classic and aberrant domestic and wild animal hosts (larval lesions and adult worms) and from human origin, an open web access interface, developed in PHP, and connected to a PostgreSQL database, was developed in the EmsB Website for the Echinococcus Typing (EWET) project. It allows researchers to access data collection, perform genetic analyses online (e.g. defining the genetic distance between their own samples and the samples in the database), consult distribution maps of EmsB profiles, and record and share their new EmsB genotyping data. In order to standardize the EmsB analyses performed in the different laboratories throughout the world, a calibrator was developed. The final aim of this project was to gather and arrange available data to permit to better understand the dispersion and transmission patterns of the parasite among definitive and intermediate hosts, in order to organize control strategies on the ground.

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AnimalsBase SequenceCalibrationDatabases, GeneticEchinococcus multilocularisGenes, HelminthGenetic MarkersGenetic VariationMicrosatellite RepeatsGenetic Markers

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PMID28972978
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