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| Title |
Genomic blueprint of a relapsing fever pathogen in 15th century Scandinavia
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| Published in |
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, September 2018
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| DOI | 10.1073/pnas.1807266115 |
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| Authors |
Meriam Guellil, Oliver Kersten, Amine Namouchi, Egil L Bauer, Michael Derrick, Anne Ø Jensen, Nils C Stenseth, Barbara Bramanti |
| Abstract |
Louse-borne relapsing fever (LBRF) is known to have killed millions of people over the course of European history and remains a major cause of mortality in parts of the world. Its pathogen, Borrelia recurrentis, shares a common vector with global killers such as typhus and plague and is known for its involvement in devastating historical epidemics such as the Irish potato famine. Here, we describe a European and historical genome of Brecurrentis, recovered from a 15th century skeleton from Oslo. Our distinct European lineage has a discrete genomic makeup, displaying an ancestral oppA-1 gene and gene loss in antigenic variation sites. Our results illustrate the potential of ancient DNA research to elucidate dynamics of reductive evolution in a specialized human pathogen and to uncover aspects of human health usually invisible to the archaeological record. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 63 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 10 | 16% |
| Norway | 6 | 10% |
| United Kingdom | 4 | 6% |
| Italy | 2 | 3% |
| Germany | 2 | 3% |
| Japan | 1 | 2% |
| Sweden | 1 | 2% |
| Mexico | 1 | 2% |
| Ireland | 1 | 2% |
| Other | 2 | 3% |
| Unknown | 33 | 52% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 31 | 49% |
| Scientists | 26 | 41% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 3 | 5% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 3 | 5% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 51 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 51 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 7 | 14% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 6 | 12% |
| Professor | 5 | 10% |
| Student > Master | 4 | 8% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 3 | 6% |
| Other | 9 | 18% |
| Unknown | 17 | 33% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 11 | 22% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 4 | 8% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 3 | 6% |
| Unspecified | 2 | 4% |
| Arts and Humanities | 2 | 4% |
| Other | 8 | 16% |
| Unknown | 21 | 41% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 85. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 01 August 2020.
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