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ReviewFrontiers in cellular and infection microbiology2022

Mycoplasmas as Host Pantropic and Specific Pathogens: Clinical Implications, Gene Transfer, Virulence Factors, and Future Perspectives.

Ali Dawood, Samah Attia Algharib, Gang Zhao, Tingting Zhu, Mingpu Qi, Kong Delai, Zhiyu Hao, Marawan A Marawan, Ihsanullah Shirani, Aizhen Guo

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Review in Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 29 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

29 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Ali DawoodThe State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, (HZAU), Wuhan, China.
Samah Attia AlgharibCollege of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China.
Gang ZhaoThe State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, (HZAU), Wuhan, China.
Tingting ZhuThe State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, (HZAU), Wuhan, China.
Mingpu QiThe State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, (HZAU), Wuhan, China.
Kong DelaiThe State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, (HZAU), Wuhan, China.
Zhiyu HaoThe State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, (HZAU), Wuhan, China.
Marawan A MarawanThe State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, (HZAU), Wuhan, China.
Ihsanullah ShiraniThe State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, (HZAU), Wuhan, China.
Aizhen GuoThe State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, (HZAU), Wuhan, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mycoplasmas as economically important and pantropic pathogens can cause similar clinical diseases in different hosts by eluding host defense and establishing their niches despite their limited metabolic capacities. Besides, enormous undiscovered virulence has a fundamental role in the pathogenesis of pathogenic mycoplasmas. On the other hand, they are host-specific pathogens with some highly pathogenic members that can colonize a vast number of habitats. Reshuffling mycoplasmas genetic information and evolving rapidly is a way to avoid their host's immune system. However, currently, only a few control measures exist against some mycoplasmosis which are far from satisfaction. This review aimed to provide an updated insight into the state of mycoplasmas as pathogens by summarizing and analyzing the comprehensive progress, current challenge, and future perspectives of mycoplasmas. It covers clinical implications of mycoplasmas in humans and domestic and wild animals, virulence-related factors, the process of gene transfer and its crucial prospects, the current application and future perspectives of nanotechnology for diagnosing and curing mycoplasmosis,

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MycoplasmaMycoplasma InfectionsAnimalsVirulenceVirulence FactorsVirulence Factorsclinical implicationsgene transfermycoplasmaspantropic pathogensvaccinationvirulence factors

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PMCPMC9137434

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