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ArticleFrontiers in medicine2020

Whole Genome Sequencing and Spatial Analysis Identifies Recent Tuberculosis Transmission Hotspots in Ghana.

Prince Asare, Isaac Darko Otchere, Edmund Bedeley, Daniela Brites, Chloé Loiseau, Nyonuku Akosua Baddoo, Adwoa Asante-Poku, Stephen Osei-Wusu, Diana Ahu Prah, Sonia Borrell and 5 more

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Article in Frontiers in medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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17citing papers in PubMed
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 24% 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

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

17 citing papers in PubMed, 26 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 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Prince AsareNoguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana.
Isaac Darko OtchereNoguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana.
Edmund BedeleyNoguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana.
Daniela BritesDepartment of Medical Parasitology and Infection Biology, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland.
Chloé LoiseauDepartment of Medical Parasitology and Infection Biology, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland.
Nyonuku Akosua BaddooDepartment of Chest Diseases, Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, Korle-Bu, Accra, Ghana.
Adwoa Asante-PokuNoguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana.
Stephen Osei-WusuNoguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana.
Diana Ahu PrahNoguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana.
Sonia BorrellDepartment of Medical Parasitology and Infection Biology, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland.
Miriam ReinhardDepartment of Medical Parasitology and Infection Biology, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland.
Audrey ForsonDepartment of Chest Diseases, Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, Korle-Bu, Accra, Ghana.
Kwadwo Ansah KoramNoguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana.
Sebastien GagneuxDepartment of Medical Parasitology and Infection Biology, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland.
Dorothy Yeboah-ManuNoguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana.
Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research · GHUniversity of Ghana · GHSwiss Tropical and Public Health Institute · CHKorle Bu Teaching Hospital · GHUniversity of Basel · CH

Funding

Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Whole genome sequencing (WGS) is progressively being used to investigate the transmission dynamics of

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clustermolecular epidemiologyMycobacterium africanumMycobacterium tuberculosisrecent transmissionwhole genome sequence

Identifiers

PMID32509791
PMCPMC7248928
OpenAlexW3026575013

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