Evidence map›Paper›PMID 24396138›Full record

ReviewClinical microbiology reviews2014

The endemic treponematoses.

Lorenzo Giacani, Sheila A Lukehart

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Review in Clinical microbiology reviews, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 100 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
100citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
8.2field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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

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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

100 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 208 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 1 institution in 1 country.

Lorenzo GiacaniDepartment of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.
Sheila A Lukehart
University of Washington · US

Funding

TREPONEMA PALLIDUM PATHOGENESIS ASSOCIATED MOLECULESR01AI042143 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI LUKEHART, SHEILA A. · 1998 to 2015
$5.4M
Project 4: Antigenic variation of TprKR01AI063940 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI LUKEHART, SHEILA A. · 2004 to 2013
$3.3M
Natural competence and genetic manipulation of Treponema pallidumR03AI096129 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI GIACANI, LORENZO · 2011 to 2012
$149k
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI042143NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI063940NIAID NIH HHS R01AI42143NIAID NIH HHS R01AI63940NIAID NIH HHS R03 AI096129NIAID NIH HHS R03AI096129
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The agents of human treponematoses include four closely related members of the genus Treponema: three subspecies of Treponema pallidum plus Treponema carateum. T. pallidum subsp. pallidum causes venereal syphilis, while T. pallidum subsp. pertenue, T. pallidum subsp. endemicum, and T. carateum are the agents of the endemic treponematoses yaws, bejel (or endemic syphilis), and pinta, respectively. All human treponematoses share remarkable similarities in pathogenesis and clinical manifestations, consistent with the high genetic and antigenic relatedness of their etiological agents. Distinctive features have been identified in terms of age of acquisition, most common mode of transmission, and capacity for invasion of the central nervous system and fetus, although the accuracy of these purported differences is debated among investigators and no biological basis for these differences has been identified to date. In 2012, the World Health Organization (WHO) officially set a goal for yaws eradication by 2020. This challenging but potentially feasible endeavor is favored by the adoption of oral azithromycin for mass treatment and the currently focused distribution of yaws and endemic treponematoses and has revived global interest in these fascinating diseases and their causative agents.

Indexed as

Disease EradicationEndemic DiseasesAnimalsDisease Models, AnimalTreponemaTreponemal Infections

Identifiers

PMID24396138
PMCPMC3910905
OpenAlexW2123851577

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