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ArticleThe Journal of general virology2017

ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Polyomaviridae.

Ugo Moens, Sébastien Calvignac-Spencer, Chris Lauber, Torbjörn Ramqvist, Mariet C W Feltkamp, Matthew D Daugherty, Ernst J Verschoor, Bernhard Ehlers, Ictv Report Consortium

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Article in The Journal of general virology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 111 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
111citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
6.2field-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

111 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 169 citations in OpenAlex.

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51 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

9 authors at 7 institutions in 5 countries.

Ugo MoensUniversity of Tromsø, 9037 Tromsø, Norway.
Sébastien Calvignac-SpencerRobert Koch Institute, 13353 Berlin, Germany.
Chris LauberTechnische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany.
Torbjörn RamqvistKarolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Mariet C W FeltkampLeiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands.
Matthew D DaughertyUniversity of California, San Diego, USA.
Ernst J VerschoorBiomedical Primate Research Centre, Rijswijk, the Netherlands.
Bernhard EhlersRobert Koch Institute, 13353 Berlin, Germany.
Ictv Report Consortium
Robert Koch Institute · DEBiomedical Primate Research Centre · NLKarolinska Institutet · SELeiden University Medical Center · NLTU Dresden · DEUiT The Arctic University of Norway · NOUniversity of California, San Diego · US

Funding

Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Polyomaviridae is a family of small, non-enveloped viruses with circular dsDNA genomes of approximately 5 kbp. The family includes four genera whose members have restricted host range, infecting mammals and birds. Polyomavirus genomes have also been detected recently in fish. Merkel cell polyomavirus and raccoon polyomavirus are associated with cancer in their host; other members are human and veterinary pathogens. Clinical manifestations are obvious in immunocompromised patients but not in healthy individuals. This is a summary of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) Report on the taxonomy of the Polyomaviridae, which is available at www.ictv.global/report/polyomaviridae.

Indexed as

AnimalsBirdsFishesHumansMammalsPolyomaviridaePolyomavirus InfectionsTumor Virus Infections

Identifiers

PMID28640744
PMCPMC5656788
OpenAlexW2663886392

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