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ReviewComparative medicine2009

Effects of Helicobacter infection on research: the case for eradication of Helicobacter from rodent research colonies.

Maciej Chichlowski, Laura P Hale

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In one paragraph

Review in Comparative medicine, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
24citing papers in PubMed
2.9field-weighted citation impact, top 10% 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

24 citing papers in PubMed, 40 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Rodent Pathogen Detection via Testing of Soiled Nesting Material.Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science : JAALAS · 2025
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  7. Control ofMicrobiology spectrum · 2023
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  8. Disease Animal Models for Cancer Research.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2023
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  9. Using Sterile Flocked Swabs as an Alternative Method for Rodent Health Monitoring.Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science : JAALAS · 2022
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  10. Evaluation of Pain and Distress and Therapeutic Interventions for Rectal Prolapse in Mice to Reduce Early Study Removal.Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science : JAALAS · 2021
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  11. Comparing Mouse Health Monitoring Between Soiled-bedding Sentinel and Exhaust Air Dust Surveillance Programs.Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science : JAALAS · 2020
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  14. Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science : JAALAS · 2017
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  16. Association of Helicobacter Pylori Infection and Ectopic Pregnancy.Journal of family & reproductive health · 2016
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  18. Use of Neonatal Fostering To Remove Helicobacter spp. from Deer Mice (Peromyscus maniculatus).Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science : JAALAS · 2015
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  20. Helicobacter hepaticus increases intestinal injury in a rat model of necrotizing enterocolitis.American journal of physiology. Gastrointestinal and liver physiology · 2013
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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.

Maciej ChichlowskiDepartment of Pathology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
Laura P Hale
Duke Medical Center · US

Funding

Chemoprevention of IBD-Associated Colon CancerR01CA115480 · NCI · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI HALE, LAURA P. · 2006 to 2010
$1.2M
NCI NIH HHS 5R01CA115480NCI NIH HHS R01 CA115480
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Infection of mouse colonies with Helicobacter spp. has become an increasing concern for the research community. Although Helicobacter infection may cause clinical disease, investigators may be unaware that their laboratory mice are infected because the pathology of Helicobacter species is host-dependent and may not be recognized clinically. The effects of Helicobacter infections are not limited to the gastrointestinal system and can affect reproduction, the development of cancers in gastrointestinal organs and remote organs such as the breast, responses to vaccines, and other areas of research. The data we present in this review show clearly that unintentional Helicobacter infection has the potential to significantly interfere with the reliability of research studies based on murine models. Therefore, frequent screening of rodent research colonies for Helicobacter spp. and the eradication of these pathogens should be key goals of the research community.

Indexed as

Animal HusbandryAnimalsAnimals, LaboratoryAnti-Bacterial AgentsCricetinaeDisease Models, AnimalHelicobacterHelicobacter InfectionsHumansMass ScreeningMiceMurinaeRatsReproducibility of ResultsRodent DiseasesRodentiaAnti-Bacterial Agents

Identifiers

PMID19295050
PMCPMC2703140
OpenAlexW34814839

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