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ArticleFoods (Basel, Switzerland)2021

Prevalence of Aflatoxin- and Fumonisin-Producing Fungi Associated with Cereal Crops Grown in Zimbabwe and Their Associated Risks in a Climate Change Scenario.

Juliet Akello, Alejandro Ortega-Beltran, Bwalya Katati, Joseph Atehnkeng, Joao Augusto, Chama M Mwila, George Mahuku, David Chikoye, Ranajit Bandyopadhyay

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Article in Foods (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
25citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
7.1field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

25 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 47 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Aflatoxin exposure and health impacts: global burden and advances in detection technologies.Genes and environment : the official journal of the Japanese Environmental Mutagen Society · 2026
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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

9 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Juliet AkelloInternational Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Plot 1458B, Ngwerere Road, Chelston, Lusaka P.O. Box. 310142, Zambia.
Alejandro Ortega-BeltranIITA Nigeria, Oyo Road, Ibadan P.M.B. 5320, Nigeria.ORCID 0000-0003-3747-8094
Bwalya KatatiNational Institute for Scientific and Industrial Research, KK Airport Road, Lusaka P.O. Box. 310158, Zambia.ORCID 0000-0001-5202-415X
Joseph AtehnkengIITA Malawi, Chitedze Research Station, Lilongwe P.O. Box. 30258, Malawi.
Joao AugustoIITA Mozambique, Av. FPLM, Nampula P.O. Box. 709, Mozambique.
Chama M MwilaInternational Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Plot 1458B, Ngwerere Road, Chelston, Lusaka P.O. Box. 310142, Zambia.
George MahukuIITA Tanzania, Dar es Salaam P.O. Box. 34441, Tanzania.
David ChikoyeInternational Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Plot 1458B, Ngwerere Road, Chelston, Lusaka P.O. Box. 310142, Zambia.
Ranajit BandyopadhyayIITA Nigeria, Oyo Road, Ibadan P.M.B. 5320, Nigeria.ORCID 0000-0003-2422-4298
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture · NGInternational Institute of Tropical Agriculture · TZNational Institute for Scientific and Industrial Research · ZM

Funding

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation OPP1007117
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In most sub-Saharan African countries, staple cereal grains harbor many fungi and some produce mycotoxins that negatively impact health and trade. Maize and three small grain cereals (sorghum, pearl millet, and finger millet) produced by smallholder farmers in Zimbabwe during 2016 and 2017 were examined for fungal community structure, and total aflatoxin (AF) and fumonisin (FM) content. A total of 800 maize and 180 small grain samples were collected at harvest and during storage from four agroecological zones.

Indexed as

cerealsfood safetymicrobial contaminantsmycotoxinsrisk assessment

Identifiers

PMID33572636
PMCPMC7912306
OpenAlexW3129179319

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