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ArticlePathogens (Basel, Switzerland)2021

Whole-Genome Sequencing for Tracing the Genetic Diversity of

Aman Ullah Khan, Falk Melzer, Ashraf E Sayour, Waleed S Shell, Jörg Linde, Mostafa Abdel-Glil, Sherif A G E El-Soally, Mandy C Elschner, Hossam E M Sayour, Eman Shawkat Ramadan and 7 more

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Article in Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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29citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
5.1field-weighted citation impact, top 4% 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

29 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 35 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

17 authors at 7 institutions in 3 countries.

Aman Ullah KhanInstitute of Bacterial Infections and Zoonoses, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, 07743 Jena, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-5616-7833
Falk MelzerInstitute of Bacterial Infections and Zoonoses, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, 07743 Jena, Germany.
Ashraf E SayourDepartment of Brucellosis, Animal Health Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Dokki, Giza 12618, Egypt.
Waleed S ShellCentral Laboratory for Evaluation of Veterinary Biologics, Agricultural Research Center, Abbassia, Cairo 11517, Egypt.
Jörg LindeInstitute of Bacterial Infections and Zoonoses, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, 07743 Jena, Germany.
Mostafa Abdel-GlilInstitute of Bacterial Infections and Zoonoses, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, 07743 Jena, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-2068-6081
Sherif A G E El-SoallyVeterinary Service Department, Armed Forces Logistics Authority, Egyptian Armed Forces, Nasr City, Cairo 11765, Egypt.
Mandy C ElschnerInstitute of Bacterial Infections and Zoonoses, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, 07743 Jena, Germany.
Hossam E M SayourBiomedical Chemistry Unit, Department of Chemistry and Nutritional Deficiency Disorders, Animal Health Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Dokki, Giza 12618, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0002-9244-8085
Eman Shawkat RamadanAnimal Reproduction Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Al Ahram, Giza 12556, Egypt.
Shereen Aziz MohamedVeterinary Serum and Vaccine Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Abbassia, Cairo 11517, Egypt.
Ashraf HendamClimate Change Information Center, Renewable Energy and Expert Systems (CCICREES), Agricultural Research Center, 9 Algamaa Street, Giza 12619, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0001-9651-5495
Rania I IsmailDepartment of Brucellosis, Animal Health Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Dokki, Giza 12618, Egypt.
Lubna F FarahatVeterinary Serum and Vaccine Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Abbassia, Cairo 11517, Egypt.
Uwe RoeslerInstitute for Animal Hygiene and Environmental Health, Free University of Berlin, 14163 Berlin, Germany.
Heinrich NeubauerInstitute of Bacterial Infections and Zoonoses, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, 07743 Jena, Germany.
Hosny El-AdawyInstitute of Bacterial Infections and Zoonoses, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, 07743 Jena, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-8585-4237
Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut · DEAgricultural Research Center · EGCentral Laboratory For Agricultural Expert Systems · EGVeterinary Serum and Vaccine Research Institute · EGArmed Forces College of Medicine · EGFreie Universität Berlin · DEKafrelsheikh University · EG

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Brucellosis is a highly contagious zoonosis that occurs worldwide. Whole-genome sequencing (WGS) has become a widely accepted molecular typing method for outbreak tracing and genomic epidemiology of brucellosis. Twenty-nine

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PMID34208761
PMCPMC8235727
OpenAlexW3168524341

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