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SynthesisApplied and environmental microbiology2017

Europe-Wide Meta-Analysis of Borrelia burgdorferi Sensu Lato Prevalence in Questing Ixodes ricinus Ticks.

Martin Strnad, Václav Hönig, Daniel Růžek, Libor Grubhoffer, Ryan O M Rego

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Synthesis in Applied and environmental microbiology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 136 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
136citing papers in PubMed, 5 pooled it
13.9field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

136 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 219 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Incidence of Lyme Borreliosis in Europe: A Systematic Review (2005-2020).Vector borne and zoonotic diseases (Larchmont, N.Y.) · 2023
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  7. Microorganisms inInternational journal for parasitology. Parasites and wildlife · 2026
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  16. Zoonotic Pathogens inPathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
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76 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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 3 institutions in 1 country.

Martin StrnadInstitute of Parasitology, Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences, České Budějovice, Czech Republic martin.strnad.cze@gmail.com.
Václav HönigInstitute of Parasitology, Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences, České Budějovice, Czech Republic.
Daniel RůžekInstitute of Parasitology, Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences, České Budějovice, Czech Republic.
Libor GrubhofferInstitute of Parasitology, Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences, České Budějovice, Czech Republic.
Ryan O M RegoInstitute of Parasitology, Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences, České Budějovice, Czech Republic.
Czech Academy of Sciences, Biology Centre · CZInstitute of Parasitology · CZUniversity of South Bohemia in České Budějovice · CZ

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Lyme borreliosis is the most common zoonotic disease transmitted by ticks in Europe and North America. Despite having multiple tick vectors, the causative agent,

Indexed as

AnimalsArachnid VectorsBorrelia burgdorferiEuropeFemaleHumansIxodesLyme DiseaseMaleNymphPrevalenceZoonosesBorrelia burgdorferi sensu latogenospeciesIxodes ricinusLyme borreliosisLyme diseasemeta-analysistick

Identifiers

PMID28550059
PMCPMC5514677
OpenAlexW2618555942

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Registered trials

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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.