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ArticleNature2021

Leprosy in wild chimpanzees.

Kimberley J Hockings, Benjamin Mubemba, Charlotte Avanzi, Kamilla Pleh, Ariane Düx, Elena Bersacola, Joana Bessa, Marina Ramon, Sonja Metzger, Livia V Patrono and 23 more

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Article in Nature, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 36 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
36citing papers in PubMed
3.7field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

36 citing papers in PubMed, 77 citations in OpenAlex.

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  14. Leprosy.Nature reviews. Disease primers · 2024
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  15. Molecular and Serological Surveillance forAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024
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  17. Treponematosis in critically endangered Western chimpanzees (One health (Amsterdam, Netherlands) · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

33 authors at 16 institutions in 12 countries.

Kimberley J HockingsCentre for Ecology and Conservation, University of Exeter, Penryn, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6187-644X
Benjamin Mubemba *Project Group Epidemiology of Highly Pathogenic Microorganisms, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5266-3602
Charlotte Avanzi *Global Health Institute, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1062-4058
Kamilla Pleh *Project Group Epidemiology of Highly Pathogenic Microorganisms, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany.
Ariane Düx *Project Group Epidemiology of Highly Pathogenic Microorganisms, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany.
Elena Bersacola *Centre for Ecology and Conservation, University of Exeter, Penryn, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3814-8687
Joana Bessa *Centre for Research in Anthropology (CRIA - NOVA FCSH), Lisbon, Portugal.
Marina Ramon *Centre for Ecology and Conservation, University of Exeter, Penryn, UK.
Sonja MetzgerProject Group Epidemiology of Highly Pathogenic Microorganisms, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany.
Livia V PatronoProject Group Epidemiology of Highly Pathogenic Microorganisms, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany.
Jenny E JaffeProject Group Epidemiology of Highly Pathogenic Microorganisms, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany.
Andrej BenjakDepartment for BioMedical Research, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
Camille BonneaudCentre for Ecology and Conservation, University of Exeter, Penryn, UK.
Philippe BussoGlobal Health Institute, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Emmanuel Couacy-HymannLaboratoire National d'Appui au Développement Agricole/Laboratoire Central de Pathologie Animale, Bingerville, Côte d'Ivoire.
Moussa GadoProgramme National de Lutte Contre la Lèpre, Ministry of Public Health, Niamey, Niger.
Sebastien GagneuxSwiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7783-9048
Roch C JohnsonCentre Interfacultaire de Formation et de Recherche en Environnement pour le Développement Durable, University of Abomey-Calavi, Jericho, Cotonou, Benin.
Mamoudou KodioCentre National d'Appui à la Lutte Contre la Maladie, Bamako, Mali.
Joshua Lynton-JenkinsCentre for Ecology and Conservation, University of Exeter, Penryn, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1657-7843
Irina MorozovaInstitute of Evolutionary Medicine, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Kerstin Mätz-RensingPathology Unit, German Primate Center, Leibniz-Institute for Primate Research, Göttingen, Germany.
Aissa RegallaInstituto da Biodiversidade e das Áreas Protegidas, Dr. Alfredo Simão da Silva (IBAP), Bissau, Guinea-Bissau.
Abílio R SaidInstituto da Biodiversidade e das Áreas Protegidas, Dr. Alfredo Simão da Silva (IBAP), Bissau, Guinea-Bissau.
Verena J SchuenemannInstitute of Evolutionary Medicine, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Samba O SowCentre National d'Appui à la Lutte Contre la Maladie, Bamako, Mali.
John S SpencerDepartment of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA.
Markus UlrichProject Group Epidemiology of Highly Pathogenic Microorganisms, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany.
Hyacinthe ZoubiProgramme National d'Elimination de la Lèpre, Dakar, Senegal.
Stewart T ColeGlobal Health Institute, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1400-5585
Roman M WittigTaï Chimpanzee Project, Centre Suisse de Recherches Scientifiques, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6490-4031
Sebastien Calvignac-SpencerProject Group Epidemiology of Highly Pathogenic Microorganisms, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4834-0509
Fabian H LeendertzProject Group Epidemiology of Highly Pathogenic Microorganisms, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany. LeendertzF@rki.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2169-7375
Robert Koch Institute · DEUniversity of Exeter · GBCentre Pour le Développement des Vaccins-Mali · MLSwiss Tropical and Public Health Institute · CHUniversity of Zurich · CHColorado State University · USÉcole Nationale d'Administration · SNÉcole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne · CHGerman Primate Center · DEInstitut Pasteur · FRLaboratoire National d'Appui au Développement Agricole · CIMax Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology · DENational Hospital Niamey · NEUniversité d'Abomey-Calavi · BJUniversity of Bern · CHUniversity of Oxford · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Humans are considered as the main host for Mycobacterium leprae

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AnimalsAutopsyCote d'IvoireFecesGenotypeGuinea-BissauHumansLeprosyMycobacterium lepraePan troglodytesPhylogeny

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PMID34646009
PMCPMC8550970
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