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ReviewParasites & vectors2018

Neglected aspects of tick-borne rickettsioses.

Laura Tomassone, Aránzazu Portillo, Markéta Nováková, Rita de Sousa, José Antonio Oteo

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Review in Parasites & vectors, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 47 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
47citing papers in PubMed
8.5field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

47 citing papers in PubMed, 96 citations in OpenAlex.

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  9. Meningitis and neurosensory hypoacousia due to Rickettsia sp. in Peru: case report.Revista peruana de medicina experimental y salud publica · 2024
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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

5 authors at 4 institutions in 4 countries.

Laura TomassoneDepartment of Veterinary Sciences, University of Turin, Largo Braccini 2, 10095, Grugliasco (Torino), Italy. laura.tomassone@unito.it.
Aránzazu PortilloCenter of Rickettsiosis and Arthropod-Borne Diseases, Hospital San Pedro-CIBIR, C/ Piqueras 98, 26006, Logroño, Spain.
Markéta NovákováDepartment of Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5, 625 00, Brno, Czech Republic.
Rita de SousaNational Institute of Health Dr. Ricardo Jorge, Av. da Liberdade 5, 2965-575, Aguas de Moura, Portugal.
José Antonio OteoCenter of Rickettsiosis and Arthropod-Borne Diseases, Hospital San Pedro-CIBIR, C/ Piqueras 98, 26006, Logroño, Spain.
Center for Biomedical Research of La Rioja · ESNational Institute of Health Dr. Ricardo Jorge · PTUniversity of Turin · ITUniversity of Veterinary Sciences Brno · CZ

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Rickettsioses are among the oldest known infectious diseases. In spite of this, and of the extensive research carried out, many aspects of the biology and epidemiology of tick-borne rickettsiae are far from being completely understood. Their association with arthropod vectors, the importance of vertebrates as reservoirs, the rarity of clinical signs in animals, or the interactions of pathogenic species with rickettsial endosymbionts and with the host intracellular environment, are only some examples. Moreover, new rickettsiae are continuously being discovered. In this review, we focus on the 'neglected' aspects of tick-borne rickettsioses and on the gaps in knowledge, which could help to explain why these infections are still emerging and re-emerging threats worldwide.

Indexed as

AnimalsDisease ReservoirsHumansNeglected DiseasesRickettsia InfectionsTick-Borne DiseasesTicksCandidatusEpidemiologyRickettsia spp.TicksVertebrate hosts

Identifiers

PMID29690900
PMCPMC5937841
OpenAlexW2800259793

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Registered trials

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