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ArticleViruses2020

Whole Genome Sequence Analysis of Porcine Astroviruses Reveals Novel Genetically Diverse Strains Circulating in East African Smallholder Pig Farms.

Joshua O Amimo, Eunice M Machuka, Edward O Abworo, Anastasia N Vlasova, Roger Pelle

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Article in Viruses, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Joshua O AmimoDepartment of Animal Production, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Nairobi, P.O. Box 29053, Nairobi 00625, Kenya.ORCID 0000-0002-4190-8483
Eunice M MachukaBiosciences Eastern and Central Africa-International Livestock Research Institute (BecA-ILRI) Hub, P.O. Box 30709, Nairobi 00100, Kenya.ORCID 0000-0002-1142-3442
Edward O AbworoBiosciences Eastern and Central Africa-International Livestock Research Institute (BecA-ILRI) Hub, P.O. Box 30709, Nairobi 00100, Kenya.
Anastasia N VlasovaFood Animal Health Research Program, Department of Veterinary Preventive Medicine, The Ohio State University, 1168 Madison Avenue, Wooster, OH 44961, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1447-6283
Roger PelleBiosciences Eastern and Central Africa-International Livestock Research Institute (BecA-ILRI) Hub, P.O. Box 30709, Nairobi 00100, Kenya.ORCID 0000-0003-1053-085X
International Livestock Research Institute · KEThe Ohio State University · USUniversity of Nairobi · KE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Astroviruses (AstVs) are widely distributed and are associated with gastroenteritis in human and animals. The knowledge of the genetic diversity and epidemiology of AstVs in Africa is limited. This study aimed to characterize astroviruses in asymptomatic smallholder piglets in Kenya and Uganda. Twenty-four samples were randomly selected from a total of 446 piglets aged below 6 months that were initially collected for rotavirus study and sequenced for whole genome analysis. Thirteen (13/24) samples had contigs with high identity to genus

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Genetic VariationWhole Genome SequencingAnimalsAstroviridae InfectionsFarmsFecesGenome, ViralGenotypeKenyaLivestockMamastrovirusPhylogenySequence AnalysisSwineSwine DiseasesUgandaEast Africaglycosylationlinear antigenic epitopesporcine astrovirusesrecombinationwhole genome sequences

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PMID33167568
PMCPMC7694451
OpenAlexW3088964487

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