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ArticleMicrobiology insights2015

Vannellid Species Isolated from Freshwater Source in a Park in Jamaica, West Indies.

Cheridah D Todd, María Reyes-Batlle, Basilio Valladares, John F Lindo, Jacob Lorenzo-Morales

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Article in Microbiology insights, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Cheridah D ToddUniversity Institute of Tropical Diseases and Public Health of the Canary Islands, University of La Laguna, Avda. Astrofísico Fco. Sánchez, La Laguna, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain. ; Department of Microbiology, The University of the West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica.
María Reyes-BatlleUniversity Institute of Tropical Diseases and Public Health of the Canary Islands, University of La Laguna, Avda. Astrofísico Fco. Sánchez, La Laguna, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain.
Basilio ValladaresUniversity Institute of Tropical Diseases and Public Health of the Canary Islands, University of La Laguna, Avda. Astrofísico Fco. Sánchez, La Laguna, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain.
John F LindoDepartment of Microbiology, The University of the West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica.
Jacob Lorenzo-MoralesUniversity Institute of Tropical Diseases and Public Health of the Canary Islands, University of La Laguna, Avda. Astrofísico Fco. Sánchez, La Laguna, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain.
Universidad de La Laguna · ESUniversity of the West Indies · JM

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Free-living amoebae (FLA) occupy a wide range of freshwater, marine, and soil habitats, and are opportunistic pathogens in human beings. While Acanthamoeba spp., Naegleria fowleri, and Balamuthia mandrillaris are well-known opportunistic organisms, Vannella epipetala is nonpathogenic. Sediments were collected from a freshwater source from a park in Jamaica to investigate the presence of FLA. Acanthamoeba and Naegleria spp. were not recovered; however, a Vannellid species identified by microscopy and PCR analysis as V. epipetala was isolated. These nonpathogens pose a threat to human beings as they may act as Trojan horses for microsporidian parasites and other pathogens, thereby facilitating their transmission to human beings.

Indexed as

Free-living amoebae (FLA)Jamaicamicrosporidian parasitesVannella epipetalaWest Indies

Identifiers

PMID26512204
PMCPMC4603522
OpenAlexW1909970337

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