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ArticlePathology research international2017

Development of Neurological Mouse Model for Toxoplasmosis Using

John Mokua Mose, David Muchina Kamau, John Maina Kagira, Naomi Maina, Maina Ngotho, Adele Njuguna, Simon Muturi Karanja

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Article in Pathology research international, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
10citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 23% 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

10 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Pooled it
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  5. Modulation of CXCL10 activity as a therapeutic target of ocular toxoplasmosis in diabetic mice.Journal of parasitic diseases : official organ of the Indian Society for Parasitology · 2024
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  6. Ivermectin modulated cerebral γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) and reduced the number of chronicJournal of parasitic diseases : official organ of the Indian Society for Parasitology · 2023
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  9. Epidemiologic significance ofParasitology · 2020
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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

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

John Mokua MoseDepartment of Medical Laboratory Science, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Kenya Methodist University, P.O. Box 45240-00100, Nairobi, Kenya.ORCID 0000-0001-6891-4093
David Muchina KamauDepartment of Public Health, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT), P.O. Box 62000-00200, Nairobi, Kenya.
John Maina KagiraDepartment of Animal Sciences, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT), P.O. Box 62000-00200, Nairobi, Kenya.ORCID 0000-0001-5513-2113
Naomi MainaDepartment of Biochemistry, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT), P.O. Box 62000-00200, Nairobi, Kenya.ORCID 0000-0001-7577-5140
Maina NgothoDepartment of Animal Health & Production, Mount Kenya University, P.O. Box 342-01000, Thika 342-01000, Kenya.
Adele NjugunaDepartment of Biochemistry, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT), P.O. Box 62000-00200, Nairobi, Kenya.
Simon Muturi KaranjaDepartment of Public Health, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT), P.O. Box 62000-00200, Nairobi, Kenya.
Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology · KEMount Kenya University · KE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Animal models for the toxoplasmosis are scarce and have limitations. In this study, a neurological mouse model was developed in BALB/c mice infected intraperitoneally with 15 cysts of a

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PMID28630781
PMCPMC5463144
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