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ReviewActa tropica2017

The emergence of arthropod-borne viral diseases: A global prospective on dengue, chikungunya and zika fevers.

Sandra V Mayer, Robert B Tesh, Nikos Vasilakis

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Review in Acta tropica, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 230 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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230citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
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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

230 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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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

3 authors.

Sandra V MayerDepartment of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB), Galveston, TX 77555-0609, USA.
Robert B TeshDepartment of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB), Galveston, TX 77555-0609, USA; Center for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases, UTMB, Galveston, USA; Center for Tropical Diseases, UTMB, Galveston, TX 77555-0609, USA; Institute for Human Infections and Immunity, UTMB, Galveston, TX 77555-0610, USA.
Nikos VasilakisDepartment of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB), Galveston, TX 77555-0609, USA; Center for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases, UTMB, Galveston, USA; Center for Tropical Diseases, UTMB, Galveston, TX 77555-0609, USA; Institute for Human Infections and Immunity, UTMB, Galveston, TX 77555-0610, USA. Electronic address: nivasila@utmb.edu.

Funding

Mechanisms and Public Health Impact of Sylvatic Dengue Virus Emergence in BorneoU01AI115577 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MED BR GALVESTON · PI VASILAKIS, NIKOS · 2016 to 2019
$2.4M
NIAID NIH HHS U01 AI115577
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Arthropod-borne viruses (arboviruses) present a substantial threat to human and animal health worldwide. Arboviruses can cause a variety of clinical presentations that range from mild to life threatening symptoms. Many arboviruses are present in nature through two distinct cycles, the urban and sylvatic cycle that are maintained in complex biological cycles. In this review we briefly discuss the factors driving the emergence of arboviruses, such as the anthropogenic aspects of unrestrained human population growth, economic expansion and globalization. Also the important aspects of viruses and vectors in the occurrence of arboviruses epidemics. The focus of this review will be on dengue, zika and chikungunya viruses, particularly because these viruses are currently causing a negative impact on public health and economic damage around the world.

Indexed as

ArbovirusesAnimalsArthropodsArthropod VectorsChikungunya FeverCommunicable Diseases, EmergingDengueGlobal HealthHumansZika Virus InfectionArbovirusesChikungunyaDengueEmergenceHuman transmissionZika

Identifiers

PMID27876643
PMCPMC5203945

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