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ReviewInternational journal for parasitology2009

Identification of faecal transmission of Toxoplasma gondii: Small science, large characters.

D J P Ferguson

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Review in International journal for parasitology, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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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

9 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. HumanMicroorganisms · 2025
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  7. A century of Toxoplasma research.International journal for parasitology · 2009
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  8. Development of forward genetics in Toxoplasma gondii.International journal for parasitology · 2009
    Review
  9. The early years of Toxoplasma research: What's past is prologue.International journal for parasitology · 2009
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

D J P FergusonNuffield Department of Clinical Laboratory Science, Oxford University, John Radcliffe Hospital, UK. david.ferguson@ndcls.ox.ac.uk

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The first clue to the elucidation of the complete life cycle of Toxoplasma gondii was the identification of an infectious form in cat faeces that could be transmitted orally and could survive in the external environment for extended periods. This personal review describes the scientist (W.M. Hutchison) and the background to the initial discovery and covers the period to the complete elucidation of the life cycle of T. gondii.

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Life Cycle StagesAnimalsAnimals, DomesticCat DiseasesCatsFecesHistory, 20th CenturyHumansMiceOocystsRabbitsRodent DiseasesToxoplasmaToxoplasmosisToxoplasmosis, Animal

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