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ArticleParasites & vectors2017

Response to the Letter to the Editor by Rob Armstrong.

Robert H Six, David R Young, Melanie R Myers, Sean P Mahabir

Abstract readLetter
In one paragraph

Article in Parasites & vectors, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
–field-weighted citation impact
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

1 citing paper in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Pooled it
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

4 authors.

Robert H SixZoetis, Veterinary Medicine Research and Development, 333 Portage St, Kalamazoo, MI, 49007, USA. robertsixwork@comcast.net.
David R YoungYVRS, 7243 East Ave, Turlock, CA, 95380, USA.
Melanie R MyersZoetis, Veterinary Medicine Research and Development, 333 Portage St, Kalamazoo, MI, 49007, USA.
Sean P MahabirZoetis, Veterinary Medicine Research and Development, 333 Portage St, Kalamazoo, MI, 49007, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In a recent Letter to the Editor, Armstrong raises concern that the design of the study reported by Six et al. was not consistent with the product label for treatment of Amblyomma americanum, since fluralaner was not re-administered 56 days after the initial treatment. The Authors disagree with this assessment and confirm that the design was appropriate, and therefore the results and conclusions for the entire study period are valid.

Indexed as

Clinical Studies as TopicAnimalsDog DiseasesDogsInsecticidesIsoxazolesIxodidaeResearch DesignTick InfestationsTreatment OutcomeA1443 compoundInsecticidesIsoxazoles

Identifiers

PMID28446205
PMCPMC5406881

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Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.