Evidence map›Paper›PMID 24326221›Full record

ReviewComparative medicine2013

Animal models of Q fever (Coxiella burnetii).

Kevin R Bewley

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Review in Comparative medicine, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
26citing papers in PubMed
1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 21% 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

26 citing papers in PubMed, 35 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Genome sequence ofMicrobiology resource announcements · 2023
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  10. Preclinical Animal Models for Q Fever Vaccine Development.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2022
    Review
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  13. Recent Advances on the Innate Immune Response toFrontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2021
    Review
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  15. Frontiers in immunology · 2021
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  17. A Novel Marmoset (Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2020
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  18. Evaluation of the Possibility ofJournal of veterinary research · 2019
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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

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Kevin R BewleyPublic Health England (PHE), Porton Down, Salisbury, Wiltshire, UK. kevin.bewley@phe.gov.uk.
Public Health England · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Q fever, caused by the pathogen Coxiella burnetii, is an acute disease that can progress to become a serious chronic illness. The organism leads an obligate, intracellular lifecycle, during which it multiplies in the phagolytic compartments of the phagocytic cells of the immune system of its hosts. This characteristic makes study of the organism particularly difficult and is perhaps one of the reasons why, more than 70 y after its discovery, much remains unknown about the organism and its pathogenesis. A variety of animal species have been used to study both the acute and chronic forms of the disease. Although none of the models perfectly mimics the disease process in humans, each opens a window onto an important aspect of the pathology of the disease. We have learned that immunosuppression, overexpression of IL10, or physical damage to the heart muscle in mice and guinea pigs can induce disease that is similar to the chronic disease seen in humans, suggesting that this aspect of disease may eventually be fully understood. Models using species from mice to nonhuman primates have been used to evaluate and characterize vaccines to protect against the disease and may ultimately yield safer, less expensive vaccines.

Indexed as

Disease Models, AnimalAcute DiseaseAnimalsChronic DiseaseCoxiella burnetiiGuinea PigsHost-Pathogen InteractionsInterleukin-10MiceQ FeverVirulenceInterleukin-10

Identifiers

PMID24326221
PMCPMC3866982
OpenAlexW1415384238

What OpenQuestion holds

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Registered trials

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