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ArticleEcology and evolution2017

Chronic disease in the Mojave desert tortoise: Host physiology and recrudescence obscure patterns of pathogen transmission.

Franziska C Sandmeier, K Nichole Maloney, C Richard Tracy, David Hyde, Hamid Mohammadpour, Ron Marlow, Sally DuPré, Kenneth Hunter

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Article in Ecology and evolution, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
7citing papers in PubMed
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 17% 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

7 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Franziska C SandmeierBiology Department Colorado State University - Pueblo Pueblo CO USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7043-5902
K Nichole MaloneyDepartment of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology Vanderbilt University Nashville TN USA.
C Richard TracyBiology Department University of Nevada Reno Reno NV USA.
David HydeBiology Department University of Nevada Reno Reno NV USA.
Hamid MohammadpourDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology University of Nevada Reno Reno NV USA.
Ron MarlowBiology Department University of Nevada Reno Reno NV USA.
Sally DuPréDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology University of Nevada Reno Reno NV USA.
Kenneth HunterDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology University of Nevada Reno Reno NV USA.
University of Nevada, Reno · USColorado State University Pueblo · USVanderbilt University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A seminatural, factorial-design experiment was used to quantify dynamics of the pathogen

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ectothermimmune functionreptilesubclinical diseasewildlife disease

Identifiers

PMID29299243
PMCPMC5743692
OpenAlexW2765536013

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Registered trials

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