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ArticleFrontiers in microbiology2022

Metagenomic Investigation of Ticks From Kenyan Wildlife Reveals Diverse Microbial Pathogens and New Country Pathogen Records.

Koray Ergunay, Mathew Mutinda, Brian Bourke, Silvia A Justi, Laura Caicedo-Quiroga, Joseph Kamau, Samson Mutura, Irene Karagi Akunda, Elizabeth Cook, Francis Gakuya and 4 more

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Article in Frontiers in microbiology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 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

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20 citing papers in PubMed, 40 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors at 7 institutions in 3 countries.

Koray ErgunayWalter Reed Biosystematics Unit (WRBU), Smithsonian Institution Museum Support Center, Suitland, MD, United States.
Mathew MutindaKenya Wildlife Services Corporation, Nairobi, Kenya.
Brian BourkeWalter Reed Biosystematics Unit (WRBU), Smithsonian Institution Museum Support Center, Suitland, MD, United States.
Silvia A JustiWalter Reed Biosystematics Unit (WRBU), Smithsonian Institution Museum Support Center, Suitland, MD, United States.
Laura Caicedo-QuirogaWalter Reed Biosystematics Unit (WRBU), Smithsonian Institution Museum Support Center, Suitland, MD, United States.
Joseph KamauOne Health Centre, Institute of Primate Research (IPR), Nairobi, Kenya.
Samson MuturaOne Health Centre, Institute of Primate Research (IPR), Nairobi, Kenya.
Irene Karagi AkundaOne Health Centre, Institute of Primate Research (IPR), Nairobi, Kenya.
Elizabeth CookInternational Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Nairobi, Kenya.
Francis GakuyaWildlife Research and Training Institute (WRTI), Naivasha, Kenya.
Patrick OmondiWildlife Research and Training Institute (WRTI), Naivasha, Kenya.
Suzan MurrayGlobal Health Program, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Unit, Fort Royal, VA, United States.
Dawn ZimmermanWalter Reed Biosystematics Unit (WRBU), Smithsonian Institution Museum Support Center, Suitland, MD, United States.
Yvonne-Marie LintonWalter Reed Biosystematics Unit (WRBU), Smithsonian Institution Museum Support Center, Suitland, MD, United States.
Institute of Primate Research · KEKenya Wildlife Service · KESmithsonian Institution · USMuseum Conservation Institute · USHacettepe University · TRInternational Livestock Research Institute · KESmithsonian Conservation Biology Institute · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Focusing on the utility of ticks as xenosurveillance sentinels to expose circulating pathogens in Kenyan drylands, host-feeding ticks collected from wild ungulates [buffaloes, elephants, giraffes, hartebeest, impala, rhinoceros (black and white), zebras (Grévy's and plains)], carnivores (leopards, lions, spotted hyenas, wild dogs), as well as regular domestic and Boran cattle were screened for pathogens using metagenomics. A total of 75 host-feeding ticks [

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metagenomicspathogensurveillancetickwildlife

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PMCPMC9283121
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