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ReviewGenome biology2002

Plasmodium falciparum virulence determinants unveiled.

Brendan S Crabb, Alan F Cowman

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Review in Genome biology, 2002. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
12citing papers in PubMed
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 25% 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

12 citing papers in PubMed, 23 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
  2. Targeting Mitochondrial Function inInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  5. Cultivation of Asexual Intraerythrocytic Stages ofPathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023
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  6. Malaria: An Overview.Infection and drug resistance · 2023
    Review
  7. Host genetics in malaria: lessons from mouse studies.Mammalian genome : official journal of the International Mammalian Genome Society · 2018
    Review
  8. Article
  9. Atypical manifestations of malaria.Research and reports in tropical medicine · 2011
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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

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Brendan S CrabbWalter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. crabb@wehi.edu.au
Alan F Cowman
Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum, one of the world's most devastating pathogens, has an astonishing array of sequences and genes that play key roles in pathogenesis and immune evasion. We must understand the functions of these elements if the chronicity and unpredictable virulence of Plasmodium is to be explained.

Indexed as

AnimalsHumansPlasmodium falciparumVirulence

Identifiers

PMID12441004
PMCPMC244921
OpenAlexW1710320426

What OpenQuestion holds

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Registered trials

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Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.