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ReviewAntiviral chemistry & chemotherapy

Cotton rat model for testing vaccines and antivirals against respiratory syncytial virus.

M S Boukhvalova, K C Yim, Jcg Blanco

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In one paragraph

Review in Antiviral chemistry & chemotherapy. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
25citing papers in PubMed
1.8field-weighted citation impact, top 15% 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

25 citing papers in PubMed, 41 citations in OpenAlex.

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  10. Self-amplifying mRNA vaccines protect elderly BALB/c mice against a lethal respiratory syncytial virus infection.Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy · 2025
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  11. Cotton Rat Model of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2025
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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

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

M S BoukhvalovaSigmovir Biosystems, Inc., Rockville, MD, USA.
K C YimSigmovir Biosystems, Inc., Rockville, MD, USA.
Jcg BlancoSigmovir Biosystems, Inc., Rockville, MD, USA.
Sigmovir Biosystems (United States) · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Respiratory syncytial virus is the leading cause of pneumonia and bronchiolitis in infants and is a serious health risk for elderly and immunocompromised individuals. No vaccine has yet been approved to prevent respiratory syncytial virus infection and the only available treatment is immunoprophylaxis of severe respiratory syncytial virus disease in high-risk infants with Palivizumab (Synagis

Indexed as

Disease Models, AnimalAnimalsAntiviral AgentsMicrobial Sensitivity TestsMolecular StructureRatsRespiratory Syncytial VirusesRespiratory Syncytial Virus InfectionsRespiratory Syncytial Virus VaccinesSigmodontinaeAntiviral AgentsRespiratory Syncytial Virus VaccinesAnimal modelimmunotherapyrespiratory syncytial virusvaccine

Identifiers

PMID29768937
PMCPMC5987903
OpenAlexW2803158875

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Registered trials

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