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ArticlePathogens (Basel, Switzerland)2024

Genome Sequencing of Historical Encephalomyocarditis Viruses from South Africa Links the Historical 1993/4 Savanna Elephant (

Vanessa van Meer, Janusz T Pawęska, Robert Swanepoel, Antoinette Grobbelaar, Armanda D Bastos

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Article in Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
3.0field-weighted citation impact, top 10% 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

3 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Encephalomyocarditis Virus in Non-Domesticated Species.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Vanessa van MeerMammal Research Institute, Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of Pretoria, Hatfield 0028, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0001-5537-7866
Janusz T PawęskaCentre for Emerging Zoonotic and Parasitic Diseases, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, National Health Laboratory Service, Johannesburg 2131, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0001-8776-7519
Robert SwanepoelDepartment of Veterinary Tropical Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, Onderstepoort 0110, South Africa.
Antoinette GrobbelaarCentre for Emerging Zoonotic and Parasitic Diseases, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, National Health Laboratory Service, Johannesburg 2131, South Africa.
Armanda D BastosMammal Research Institute, Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of Pretoria, Hatfield 0028, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-9223-4204
National Health Laboratory Service · ZAOnderstepoort Veterinary Academic Hospital · ZAUniversity of Pretoria · ZA

Funding

Poliomyelitis Research Foundation PRF15/03
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

From 1993 to 1994, 64 free-ranging elephants (

Indexed as

Disease OutbreaksElephantsEncephalomyocarditis virusGenome, ViralMurinaePhylogenyAnimalsCardiovirus InfectionsDisease ReservoirsSouth AfricaWhole Genome SequencingCardiovirus AectoparasitesEMCVLaelaps muricolaphylogenetic analysisrodentsRT-PCR

Identifiers

PMID38535604
PMCPMC10974613
OpenAlexW4392959408

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Registered trials

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