ArticlePLoS neglected tropical diseases2017
Wide Distribution and Genetic Diversity of Babesia microti in Small Mammals from Yunnan Province, Southwestern China.
Article in PLoS neglected tropical diseases, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled 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.
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.
Who cites it
15 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 30 citations in OpenAlex.
- Infection rates, species diversity, and distribution of zoonotic Babesia parasites in ticks: a global systematic review and meta-analysis.Parasitology research · 2022Pooled it
- Molecular Prevalence and Genotype Detection of Babesia microti in Multiple Wild Rodent Species and Suncus murinus From Subtropical Mountainous Regions of South-Central Zhejiang, China.Transboundary and emerging diseases · 2026Article
- Molecular epidemiology ofFrontiers in microbiology · 2026Article
- Prevalence and genetic diversity of Babesia microti in rodents from central and southern Shanxi, China.Parasites & vectors · 2025Article
- Comparative genome-wide identification and characterization of SET domain-containing and JmjC domain-containing proteins in piroplasms.BMC genomics · 2024Article
- Great genetic diversity of vector-borne bacteria and protozoan in wild rodents from Guangxi, China.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2024Article
- Prevalence and molecular detection of Babesia microti in rodents in Southeastern Shanxi, China.PloS one · 2024Article
- First Molecular Identification of Trypanosomes and Absence ofPathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Evolutionary analysis of Babesia vulpes and Babesia microti-like parasites.Parasites & vectors · 2022Article
- A Fluorescent Recombinase Aided Amplification Assay for Detection of Babesia microti.The Korean journal of parasitology · 2022Article
- A Review of Zoonotic Babesiosis as an Emerging Public Health Threat in Asia.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
- Infestation and Seasonal Fluctuation of Gamasid Mites (Parasitiformes: Gamasida) on Indochinese Forest Rat,Biology · 2021Article
- Infestation and seasonal fluctuation of chigger mites on the Southeast Asian house rat (International journal for parasitology. Parasites and wildlife · 2021Article
- High prevalence of Babesia microti in small mammals in Beijing.Infectious diseases of poverty · 2020Article
- Detection of novel piroplasmid species and Babesia microti and Theileria orientalis genotypes in hard ticks from Tengchong County, Southwest China.Parasitology research · 2020Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
15 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.
Funding
Abstract
backgroundBabesia, usually found in wild and domestic mammals worldwide, have recently been responsible for emerging malaria-like zoonosis in infected patients. Human B. microti infection has been identified in China, primarily in the Southwest along the Myanmar border but little direct surveillance of B. microti infection in rodents has been carried out here (Yunnan province). In this region, a diverse topographic range combined with tropical moisture sustains a high biodiversity of small mammals, which might play important role on Babesia transmission.
methodsSmall mammals were captured in 141 sample locations from 18 counties located Yunnan Province, and screened for B. microti-like parasites infection by a nested PCR to target 18S rRNA gene of Babesia, plus directly sequencing for positive samples. Univariate and multivariate forward stepwise logistic regression analysis was used to access the association between infections and some related risk factors.
resultsInfection with Babesia microti was confirmed in 2.4% (53/ 2204) of small mammals. Significant differences in prevalence rates of B. microti were observed based on variations in forest, agricultural, and residential landscapes. Furthermore, adult small mammals had higher prevalence rates than younger, pubertal mammals. The near full-length 18S rRNA gene revealed that there were two types of B. microti, Kobe and Otsu, which demonstrate the genetic diversity and regional distribution.
conclusionsThere exists a wide distribution and genetic diversity of endemic B. microti in Southwestern China, warranting further investigations and monitoring of clinical disease in individuals presenting with Babesia like symptoms in these areas.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
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.