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ReviewAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI2011

Plague: Infections of Companion Animals and Opportunities for Intervention.

Petra C F Oyston, Diane Williamson

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Review in Animals : an open access journal from MDPI, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
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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

6 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. Sialoglycan-binding patterns of bacterial ABThe Journal of biological chemistry · 2022
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  6. Does the Plague Still Threaten Us?Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
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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.

Petra C F OystonBiomedical Sciences, Dstl Porton Down, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP4 0JQ, UK. pcoyston@dstl.gov.uk.
Diane WilliamsonBiomedical Sciences, Dstl Porton Down, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP4 0JQ, UK. dewilliamson@dstl.gov.uk.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Plague is a zoonotic disease, normally circulating in rodent populations, transmitted to humans most commonly through the bite of an infected flea vector. Secondary infection of the lungs results in generation of infectious aerosols, which pose a significant hazard to close contacts. In enzootic areas, plague infections have been reported in owners and veterinarians who come into contact with infected pets. Dogs are relatively resistant, but can import infected fleas into the home. Cats are acutely susceptible, and can present a direct hazard to health. Reducing roaming and hunting behaviours, combined with flea control measures go some way to reducing the risk to humans. Various vaccine formulations have been developed which may be suitable to protect companion animals from contracting plague, and thus preventing onward transmission to man. Since transmission has resulted in a number of fatal cases of plague, the vaccination of domestic animals such as cats would seem a low cost strategy for reducing the risk of infection by this serious disease in enzootic regions.

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Identifiers

PMID26486314
PMCPMC4513460

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