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ArticleNature2024

Redefining the treponemal history through pre-Columbian genomes from Brazil.

Kerttu Majander, Marta Pla-Díaz, Louis du Plessis, Natasha Arora, Jose Filippini, Luis Pezo-Lanfranco, Sabine Eggers, Fernando González-Candelas, Verena J Schuenemann

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Article in Nature, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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14citing papers in PubMed
7.8field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed, 25 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

9 authors at 7 institutions in 4 countries.

Kerttu Majander *Institute of Evolutionary Medicine, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland. kerttu.majander@gmail.com.ORCID 0000-0002-7922-4482
Marta Pla-Díaz *Unidad Mixta Infección y Salud Pública, FISABIO/Universidad de Valencia-I2SysBio, Valencia, Spain.
Louis du PlessisDepartment of Biosystems Science and Engineering, ETH Zürich, Basel, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0003-0352-6289
Natasha AroraZurich Institute of Forensic Medicine, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Jose FilippiniDepartment of Genetic and Evolutionary Biology, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
Luis Pezo-LanfrancoDepartment of Genetic and Evolutionary Biology, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
Sabine EggersDepartment of Genetic and Evolutionary Biology, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0003-4002-0754
Fernando González-CandelasUnidad Mixta Infección y Salud Pública, FISABIO/Universidad de Valencia-I2SysBio, Valencia, Spain. fernando.gonzalez@uv.es.ORCID 0000-0002-0879-5798
Verena J SchuenemannInstitute of Evolutionary Medicine, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland. verena.schuenemann@iem.uzh.ch.ORCID 0000-0002-8593-3672
Universitat de València · ESUniversity of Vienna · ATNatural History Museum Vienna · ATSIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics · CHUniversidade de São Paulo · BRUniversitat Autònoma de Barcelona · ESUniversity of Zurich · CH

Funding

FAPESPSpanish Ministerio de Educación
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The origins of treponemal diseases have long remained unknown, especially considering the sudden onset of the first syphilis epidemic in the late 15th century in Europe and its hypothesized arrival from the Americas with Columbus' expeditions

Indexed as

Evolution, MolecularGenome, BacterialTreponemal InfectionsTreponema pallidumBrazilEuropeHistory, 15th CenturyHistory, AncientHumansSyphilis

Identifiers

PMID38267579
PMCPMC10917687
OpenAlexW4391160661

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