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ReviewFuture microbiology2010

Mucosal treatments for herpes simplex virus: insights on targeted immunoprophylaxis and therapy.

Chris L McGowin, Richard B Pyles

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In one paragraph

Review in Future microbiology, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 22% 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

3 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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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 2 institutions in 1 country.

Chris L McGowinLSU Health Sciences Center, Department of Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases, 533 Bolivar Street, CSRB 701 New Orleans, LA 70112-2822, USA. cmcgow@lsuhsc.edu
Richard B Pyles
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans · USTexas A&M University at Galveston · US

Funding

T. vaginalis Recurrence Among HIV+ WomenU19AI061972 · NIAID · LSU HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER · PI MYERS, LEANN · 2004 to 2009
$12.0M
NIAID NIH HHS U19 AI061972NIAID NIH HHS U19 AI61972
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Herpes simplex virus (HSV) serotypes 1 and 2 establish lifelong infections that can produce reactivated pools of virus at mucosal sites where primary infections were initiated. No approved vaccines are available. To break the transmission cycle, interventions must either prevent infection or reduce infectivity at mucosal sites. This article discusses the recent experimental successes of immunoprophylactic and therapeutic compounds that enhance resistance and/or reduce viral loads at genital and ocular mucosa. Current data indicate Toll-like receptor agonists and selected immunomodulating compounds effectively increase the HSV infection threshold and hold promise for genital prophylaxis. Similarly, immunization at genital and extragenital mucosal sites is discussed. Finally, preclinical success with novel immunotherapies for ocular HSV that address herpetic keratitis and corneal blindness is reviewed.

Indexed as

ChemopreventionHerpes SimplexHerpesvirus VaccinesHumansImmunologic FactorsMucous MembraneHerpesvirus VaccinesImmunologic Factors

Identifiers

PMID20020827
PMCPMC2834273
OpenAlexW2167857706

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Registered trials

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