H3ABioNet, a sustainable pan-African bioinformatics network for human heredity and health in Africa

Genome Research

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 271-277

  Mulder, Nicola J ^a   Adebiyi, Ezekiel ^b   Alami, Raouf ^c   Benkahla, Alia ^d   Brandful, James ^e   Doumbia, Seydou ^f   Everett, Dean ^g,aj   Fadlelmola, Faisal M ^h   Gaboun, Fatima ⁱ   Gaseitsiwe, Simani ^j   Ghazal, Hassan ^k   Hazelhurst, Scott ^l   Hide, Winston ^m,ak   Ibrahimi, Azeddine ⁿ   Fakim, Yasmina Jaufeerally ^o   Victor Jongeneel, C ^p   Joubert, Fourie ^q   Kassim, Samar ^r   Kayondo, Jonathan ^s   Kumuthini, Judit ^t   Lyantagaye, Sylvester ^u   Makani, Julie ^v   Alzohairy, Ahmed Mansour ^w   Masiga, Daniel ^x   Moussa, Ahmed ^y   Nash, Oyekanmi ^z   Oukem Boyer, Odile Ouwe Missi ^aa   Owusu Dabo, Ellis ^ab   Panji, Sumir ^a   Patterton, Hugh ^ac   Radouani, Fouzia ^ad   Sadki, Khalid ^ae   Seghrouchni, Fouad ^af   Bishop, Özlem Tastan ^ag   Tiffin, Nicki ^ah   Ulenga, Nzovu ^ai,aj   Adebiyi, Marion ^b   Ahmed, Azza E ^h   Ahmed, Rehab I ^h   Alearts, Maaike ^g   Alibi, Mohamed ^d   Aron, Shaun ^l   Baichoo, Shakuntala ^o   Bendou, Hocine ^ah   Botha, Gerrit ^a   Brown, David ^ag   Chimusa, Emile ^a   Christoffels, Alan ^ah   Cornick, Jennifer ^g,aj   Entfellner, Jean Baka Domelevo ^ah   Fields, Chris ^p   Fischer, Anne ^x   Gamieldien, Junaid ^ah   Ghedira, Kais ^d   Ghouila, Amel ^d   Sui, Shannan Ho ^m   Isewon, Itunuoluwa ^b   Isokpehi, Raphael ^z   Dashti, Mahjoubeh Jalali Sefid ^ah   Kamng ’ Ona, Arox ^aj   Khetani, Radhika S ^m   Kiran, Anmol ^g,aj   Kulohoma, Benard ^x   Kumwenda, Benjamin ^g,t,aj   Lapine, Dan ^p   Mainzer, Liudmila Sergeevna ^p   Maslamoney, Suresh ^a   Mbiyavanga, Mamana ^t   Meintjes, Ayton ^a   Mlyango, Flora Elias ^u   Mmbando, Bruno ^v   Mohammed, Somia A ^h   Mpangase, Phelelani ^l   Msefula, Chisomo ^g,aj   Mtatiro, Siana Nkya ^v   Mugutso, Dunfunk ^a   Mungloo Dilmohammud, Zahra ^o   Musicha, Patrick ^g,aj   Nembaware, Victoria ^a   Osamor, Victor Chukwudi ^b   Oyelade, Jelili ^b   Rendon, Gloria ^p   Salazar, Gustavo A ^a   Salifu, Samson Pandam ^y   Sangeda, Raphael ^v   Souiai, Oussema ^d   Van Heusden, Peter ^ah   Wele, Mamadou ^f   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b Centre for Economic Policy and Development Research   (Nigeria)

^c IBN SINA HOSPITAL   (Morocco)

^d PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF TUNIS   (Tunisia)

^e University of Ghana   (Ghana)

^f and Technologies of Bamako   (Mali)

^g Malawi Liverpool Wellcome Clinical Programme   (Malawi)

^h UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

ⁱ Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique   (Morocco)

^j BOTSWANA HARVARD AIDS INSTITUTE PARTNERSHIP   (Botswana)

^k FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES   (Morocco)

^l UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^m HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

ⁿ MOHAMMED V UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^o UNIVERSITY OF MAURITIUS   (Mauritius)

^p UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^q UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^r AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^s UGANDA VIRUS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Uganda)

^t Centre for Proteomic and Genomic Research   (South Africa)

^u UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

^v MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

^w Zagazig University   (Egypt)

^x INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY ICIPE   (Kenya)

^y ABDELMALEK ESSAADI UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^z NATIONAL BIOTECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT AGENCY   (Nigeria)

^aa Centre de Recherche Medicale et Sanitaire   (Niger)

^ab KUMASI CENTRE FOR COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH IN TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Ghana)

^ac UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

^ad Institut Pasteur du Maroc   (Morocco)

^ae FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES   (Morocco)

^af INSTITUT NATIONAL D HYGIÈNE   (Morocco)

^ag RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^ah UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^ai MANAGEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT FOR HEALTH   (Tanzania)

^aj UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^ak UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; BIOLOGY; DATA ANALYSIS; FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS; GENETICS; GENOMICS; HEREDITY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; BLACK PERSON; COMPUTER SYSTEM; GENETIC VARIATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; MEDICAL GENETICS;

AFRICA; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, MEDICAL; GENOMICS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS;

EID: 84956889187     PISSN: 10889051     EISSN: 15495469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gr.196295.115     Document Type: Article

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