SynthesisExperimental & applied acarology2008
Potential effects of mixed infections in ticks on transmission dynamics of pathogens: comparative analysis of published records.
Synthesis in Experimental & applied acarology, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 38 papers.
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.
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.
Who cites it
38 citing papers in PubMed, 66 citations in OpenAlex.
- Detection and genotypes of piroplasms affecting ruminants in the New Valley Governorate, Egypt.BMC veterinary research · 2025Article
- Review
- Zoonotic bacteria in invasive California Kingsnake Lampropeltis californiae from Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain.PloS one · 2025Article
- Co-Occurrence ofPathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Cat Flea Coinfection withVector borne and zoonotic diseases (Larchmont, N.Y.) · 2024Article
- Coinfection ofPathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Study of Zoonotic Pathogens in Alien Population of Veiled Chameleons (Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2023Article
- Zoonotic Bacteria inAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2023Article
- Transmission Cycle of Tick-Borne Infections and Co-Infections, Animal Models and Diseases.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- Co-infections with multiple pathogens in natural populations of Ixodes persulcatus ticks in Mongolia.Parasites & vectors · 2022Article
- Prevalence of Bacterial and Protozoan Pathogens in Ticks Collected from Birds in the Republic of Moldova.Microorganisms · 2022Article
- Human Co-Infections betweenPathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- The environment, the tick, and the pathogen - It is an ensemble.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2022Review
- Molecular detection of Theileria sergentii/orientalis/buffeli and Ehrlichia canis from aborted ovine and caprine products in Sardinia, Italy.Veterinary medicine and science · 2021Article
- Comparative Microbiome Profiles of Sympatric Tick Species from the Far-Western United States.Insects · 2019Article
- Polymicrobial Nature of Tick-Borne Diseases.mBio · 2019Article
- Some aspects on tick species in Mongolia and their potential role in the transmission of equine piroplasms, Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Borrelia burgdorferi L.Parasitology research · 2018Article
- Diverse tick-borne microorganisms identified in free-living ungulates in Slovakia.Parasites & vectors · 2018Article
- Pathogen communities of songbird-derived ticks in Europe's low countries.Parasites & vectors · 2017Article
- Rickettsia parkeri and "Candidatus Rickettsia andeanae" in Questing Amblyomma maculatum (Acari: Ixodidae) From Mississippi.Journal of medical entomology · 2017Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Ticks are often infected with more than one pathogen, and several field surveys have documented nonrandom levels of coinfection. Levels of coinfection by pathogens in four tick species were analyzed using published infection data. Coinfection patterns of pathogens in field-collected ticks include numerous cases of higher or lower levels of coinfection than would be expected due to chance alone, but the vast majority of these cases can be explained on the basis of vertebrate host associations of the pathogens, without invoking interactions between pathogens within ticks. Nevertheless, some studies have demonstrated antagonistic interactions, and some have suggested potential mutualisms, between pathogens in ticks. Negative or positive interactions between pathogens within ticks can affect pathogen prevalence, and thus transmission patterns. Probabilistic projections suggest that the effect on transmission depends on initial conditions. When the number of tick bites is relatively low (e.g., for ticks biting humans) changes in prevalence in ticks are predicted to have a commensurate effects on pathogen transmission. In contrast, when the number of tick bites is high (e.g., for wild animal hosts) changes in pathogen prevalence in ticks have relatively little effect on levels of transmission to reservoir hosts, and thus on natural transmission cycles.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
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.