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ArticleInfection and immunity2018

Borrelia Host Adaptation Protein (BadP) Is Required for the Colonization of a Mammalian Host by the Agent of Lyme Disease.

Trever C Smith, Sarah M Helm, Yue Chen, Ying-Han Lin, S L Rajasekhar Karna, J Seshu

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Article in Infection and immunity, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9citing papers in PubMed
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 35% 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

9 citing papers in PubMed, 11 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

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Trever C SmithSouth Texas Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases (STCEID), Center of Excellence in Infection Genomics and Department of Biology, The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, USA.
Sarah M HelmSouth Texas Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases (STCEID), Center of Excellence in Infection Genomics and Department of Biology, The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, USA.
Yue ChenSouth Texas Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases (STCEID), Center of Excellence in Infection Genomics and Department of Biology, The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, USA.
Ying-Han LinSouth Texas Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases (STCEID), Center of Excellence in Infection Genomics and Department of Biology, The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, USA.
S L Rajasekhar KarnaSouth Texas Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases (STCEID), Center of Excellence in Infection Genomics and Department of Biology, The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, USA.
J SeshuSouth Texas Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases (STCEID), Center of Excellence in Infection Genomics and Department of Biology, The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, USA j.seshu@utsa.edu.
Texas Center for Infectious Disease · USThe University of Texas at San Antonio · US

Funding

Mechanisms of host-specific regulation in Borrelia burgdorferiR21AI123837 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SAN ANTONIO · PI SESHU, JANAKIRAM · 2017 to 2018
$404k
NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI123837
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Adaptation, PhysiologicalAnimalsBacterial ProteinsBorrelia burgdorferiGene Expression Regulation, BacterialHost-Pathogen InteractionsLyme DiseaseMiceMice, Inbred C3HMice, SCIDRatsUnited StatesVirulenceBacterial ProteinsBorrelia burgdorferiLyme disease

Identifiers

PMID29685985
PMCPMC6013665
OpenAlexW2799521657

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Registered trials

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