Evidence map›Paper›PMID 28503372›Full record

ArticlePeerJ2017

Endosymbiont interference and microbial diversity of the Pacific coast tick,

Nikos Gurfield, Saran Grewal, Lynnie S Cua, Pedro J Torres, Scott T Kelley

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Article in PeerJ, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 34 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
34citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
7.3field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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

34 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 69 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
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  13. Diversity of Rickettsiales inPathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022
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  14. Recently EvolvedFrontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2022
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  15. What do we know about the microbiome ofFrontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2022
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  17. Discovery and Surveillance of Tick-Borne Pathogens.Journal of medical entomology · 2021
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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

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Nikos GurfieldDepartment of Environmental Health-Vector Control Program, County of San Diego, San Diego, CA, United States of America.
Saran GrewalDepartment of Environmental Health-Vector Control Program, County of San Diego, San Diego, CA, United States of America.
Lynnie S CuaDepartment of Environmental Health-Vector Control Program, County of San Diego, San Diego, CA, United States of America.
Pedro J TorresDepartment of Biology, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, United States of America.
Scott T KelleyDepartment of Biology, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, United States of America.
Vector (United States) · USSan Diego State University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Pacific coast tick,

Indexed as

EndosymbiontInterferenceMicrobiomeTicks

Identifiers

PMID28503372
PMCPMC5426561
OpenAlexW2581093181

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