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ArticleApplied and environmental microbiology2018

Comparative Genomics Shows That Mycobacterium ulcerans Migration and Expansion Preceded the Rise of Buruli Ulcer in Southeastern Australia.

Andrew H Buultjens, Koen Vandelannoote, Conor J Meehan, Miriam Eddyani, Bouke C de Jong, Janet A M Fyfe, Maria Globan, Nicholas J Tobias, Jessica L Porter, Takehiro Tomita and 5 more

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Article in Applied and environmental microbiology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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25citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.7field-weighted citation impact, top 6% 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

25 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 44 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

15 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Andrew H BuultjensDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia abuultjens@student.unimelb.edu.au tstinear@unimelb.edu.au.
Koen VandelannooteUnit of Mycobacteriology, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium.
Conor J MeehanUnit of Mycobacteriology, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0003-0724-8343
Miriam EddyaniUnit of Mycobacteriology, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium.
Bouke C de JongUnit of Mycobacteriology, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium.
Janet A M FyfeVictorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Maria GlobanVictorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Nicholas J TobiasDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Jessica L PorterDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Takehiro TomitaMicrobiology Diagnostic Unit, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Ee Laine TayHealth Protection Branch, Department of Health & Human Services, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Torsten SeemannDoherty Applied Microbial Genomics, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Benjamin P HowdenDoherty Applied Microbial Genomics, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Paul D R JohnsonDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Austin Health, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia.
Timothy P StinearDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia abuultjens@student.unimelb.edu.au tstinear@unimelb.edu.au.
The University of Melbourne · AUInstituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde · BEVictorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory · AUAustin Health · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Since 2000, cases of the neglected tropical disease Buruli ulcer, caused by infection with

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Genome, BacterialBayes TheoremBuruli UlcerGenomicsHumansIncidenceMycobacterium ulceransPhylogenyPhylogeographyVictoriaWhole Genome SequencingAustraliaBuruli ulcergenomicsMycobacterium ulceransphylogeneticspopulation geneticspublic health

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PMID29439984
PMCPMC5881063
OpenAlexW2794078334

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