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ArticleViruses2022

A Novel Coronavirus and a Broad Range of Viruses in Kenyan Cave Bats.

Joseph Kamau, Koray Ergunay, Paul W Webala, Silvia A Justi, Brian P Bourke, Maureen W Kamau, James Hassell, Mary N Chege, David K Mwaura, Cynthia Simiyu and 6 more

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Article in Viruses, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9citing papers in PubMed
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 16% 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

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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

9 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors at 7 institutions in 3 countries.

Joseph KamauOne Health Centre, Institute of Primate Research (IPR), Nairobi 00502, Kenya.
Koray ErgunayWalter Reed Biosystematics Unit (WRBU), Smithsonian Institution Museum Support Center, Suitland, MD 20746, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5422-1982
Paul W WebalaDepartment of Forestry and Wildlife Management, Maasai Mara University, Narok 20500, Kenya.ORCID 0000-0003-0576-8935
Silvia A JustiWalter Reed Biosystematics Unit (WRBU), Smithsonian Institution Museum Support Center, Suitland, MD 20746, USA.
Brian P BourkeWalter Reed Biosystematics Unit (WRBU), Smithsonian Institution Museum Support Center, Suitland, MD 20746, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2638-0967
Maureen W KamauMpala Research Centre, Nanyuki 10400, Kenya.
James HassellMpala Research Centre, Nanyuki 10400, Kenya.ORCID 0000-0002-4710-2827
Mary N ChegeOne Health Centre, Institute of Primate Research (IPR), Nairobi 00502, Kenya.
David K MwauraOne Health Centre, Institute of Primate Research (IPR), Nairobi 00502, Kenya.
Cynthia SimiyuDepartment of Forestry and Wildlife Management, Maasai Mara University, Narok 20500, Kenya.
Sospeter KibiwotDepartment of Forestry and Wildlife Management, Maasai Mara University, Narok 20500, Kenya.
Samson OnyuokZoology Department, National Museums of Kenya, Nairobi 00100, Kenya.
Laura Caicedo-QuirogaWalter Reed Biosystematics Unit (WRBU), Smithsonian Institution Museum Support Center, Suitland, MD 20746, USA.
Tao LiViral Diseases Branch, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, MD 20910, USA.
Dawn M ZimmermanWalter Reed Biosystematics Unit (WRBU), Smithsonian Institution Museum Support Center, Suitland, MD 20746, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7003-5258
Yvonne-Marie LintonWalter Reed Biosystematics Unit (WRBU), Smithsonian Institution Museum Support Center, Suitland, MD 20746, USA.
Smithsonian Institution · USInstitute of Primate Research · KEMaasai Mara University · KENational Museums of Kenya · KESmithsonian Conservation Biology Institute · USWalter Reed Army Institute of Research · USYale University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

BACKGROUND AND

methodsTo investigate virus diversity in hot zones of probable pathogen spillover, 54 oral-fecal swabs were processed from five bat species collected from three cave systems in Kenya, using metagenome sequencing.

resultsViruses belonging to the

conclusionsFurther monitoring of bats across Kenya is essential to facilitate early recognition of possibly emergent zoonotic viruses.

Indexed as

AlphacoronavirusAstroviridaeChiropteraCOVID-19HerpesviridaeRNA VirusesAnimalsKenyaPhylogenyRetroviridaeSARS-CoV-2AfricaastrovirusbatcoronavirusKenyametagenomeretrovirus

Identifiers

PMID36560824
PMCPMC9785147
OpenAlexW4312211415

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