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ArticleFrontiers in microbiology2017

African Lineage

Jeffrey T Foster, Faith M Walker, Brandy D Rannals, M Hammad Hussain, Kevin P Drees, Rebekah V Tiller, Alex R Hoffmaster, Abdulmajeed Al-Rawahi, Paul Keim, Muhammad Saqib

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Article in Frontiers in microbiology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
21citing papers in PubMed
6.5field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
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

21 citing papers in PubMed, 33 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

10 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.

Jeffrey T FosterDepartment of Molecular, Cellular, and Biomedical Sciences, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, United States.
Faith M WalkerPathogen and Microbiome Institute, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, United States.
Brandy D RannalsPathogen and Microbiome Institute, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, United States.
M Hammad HussainDepartment of Clinical Medicine and Surgery, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan.
Kevin P DreesDepartment of Molecular, Cellular, and Biomedical Sciences, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, United States.
Rebekah V TillerNational Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, GA, United States.
Alex R HoffmasterNational Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, GA, United States.
Abdulmajeed Al-RawahiAnimal Health Research Center, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Muscat, Oman.
Paul KeimPathogen and Microbiome Institute, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, United States.
Muhammad SaqibDepartment of Clinical Medicine and Surgery, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan.
Northern Arizona University · USMinistry of Agriculture and Fisheries · OMNational Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases · USUniversity of Agriculture Faisalabad · PKUniversity of New Hampshire · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Brucellosis is a common livestock disease in the Middle East and North Africa, but remains poorly described in the region both genetically and epidemiologically. Traditionally found in goats and sheep,

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Brucella melitensisbrucellosiscamelsMLVAOmanSNP genotyping

Identifiers

PMID29379492
PMCPMC5775276
OpenAlexW2782805882

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