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ReviewThe Journal of clinical investigation2008

Kinetoplastids: related protozoan pathogens, different diseases.

Ken Stuart, Reto Brun, Simon Croft, Alan Fairlamb, Ricardo E Gürtler, Jim McKerrow, Steve Reed, Rick Tarleton

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Review in The Journal of clinical investigation, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 303 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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303citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
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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

303 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  4. DiverseInternational journal for parasitology. Parasites and wildlife · 2026
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  5. A review of bloodstream infections-pathogens, pathogenesis, diagnostic strategies, treatment methods-challenges and future aspects.European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology · 2026
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  15. Assembly and Annotation of Kinetoplastid and Diplonemid Mitochondrial Genomes.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2026
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  16. Mapping Trypanosoma Protein Interactome by Proximity-Dependent Biotinylation.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2026
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  17. Bibenzyl Derivatives fromMolecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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243 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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

8 authors.

Ken StuartSeattle Biomedical Research Institute, Seattle, Washington, USA. ken.stuart@sbri.org
Reto Brun
Simon Croft
Alan Fairlamb
Ricardo E Gürtler
Jim McKerrow
Steve Reed
Rick Tarleton

Funding

X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHYP01AI035707 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI MCKERROW, JAMES H. · 1995 to 2008
$7.8M
NIAID NIH HHS AI35707NIAID NIH HHS P01 AI035707Wellcome Trust 079838
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Kinetoplastids are a group of flagellated protozoans that include the species Trypanosoma and Leishmania, which are human pathogens with devastating health and economic effects. The sequencing of the genomes of some of these species has highlighted their genetic relatedness and underlined differences in the diseases that they cause. As we discuss in this Review, steady progress using a combination of molecular, genetic, immunologic, and clinical approaches has substantially increased understanding of these pathogens and important aspects of the diseases that they cause. Consequently, the paths for developing additional measures to control these "neglected diseases" are becoming increasingly clear, and we believe that the opportunities for developing the drugs, diagnostics, vaccines, and other tools necessary to expand the armamentarium to combat these diseases have never been better.

Indexed as

AnimalsAntiprotozoal AgentsGenetic VectorsGenome, ProtozoanHumansKinetoplastidaProtozoan InfectionsProtozoan VaccinesAntiprotozoal AgentsProtozoan Vaccines

Identifiers

PMID18382742
PMCPMC2276762

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