Evidence map›Paper›PMID 26880841›Full record

ReviewPhilosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences2016

Vibrio bacteria in raw oysters: managing risks to human health.

Brett A Froelich, Rachel T Noble

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Review in Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 49 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
49citing papers in PubMed
7.3field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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

49 citing papers in PubMed, 95 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.

Brett A FroelichThe Institute of Marine Sciences, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Morehead City, NC 28557, USA bafroelich@unc.edu.
Rachel T NobleThe Institute of Marine Sciences, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Morehead City, NC 28557, USA.
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Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The human-pathogenic marine bacteria Vibrio vulnificus and V. parahaemolyticus are strongly correlated with water temperature, with concentrations increasing as waters warm seasonally. Both of these bacteria can be concentrated in filter-feeding shellfish, especially oysters. Because oysters are often consumed raw, this exposes people to large doses of potentially harmful bacteria. Various models are used to predict the abundance of these bacteria in oysters, which guide shellfish harvest policy meant to reduce human health risk. Vibrio abundance and behaviour varies from site to site, suggesting that location-specific studies are needed to establish targeted risk reduction strategies. Moreover, virulence potential, rather than simple abundance, should be also be included in future modeling efforts.

Indexed as

AnimalsFood MicrobiologyHumansOstreidaeRisk FactorsVibrioVibrio InfectionsoystersrisksalinityshellfishVibrio

Identifiers

PMID26880841
PMCPMC4760139
OpenAlexW2329737253

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