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ArticleInternational journal for parasitology. Parasites and wildlife2018

Lurking in the dark: Cryptic

Liesbeth Frias, Danica J Stark, Milena Salgado Lynn, Senthilvel Kss Nathan, Benoit Goossens, Munehiro Okamoto, Andrew J J MacIntosh

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Article in International journal for parasitology. Parasites and wildlife, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
16citing papers in PubMed
2.7field-weighted citation impact, top 10% 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

16 citing papers in PubMed, 27 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

7 authors at 2 institutions in 3 countries.

Liesbeth FriasPrimate Research Institute, Kyoto University, Inuyama, Japan.
Danica J StarkCardiff School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK.
Milena Salgado LynnCardiff School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK.
Senthilvel Kss NathanSabah Wildlife Department, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia.
Benoit GoossensCardiff School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK.
Munehiro OkamotoPrimate Research Institute, Kyoto University, Inuyama, Japan.
Andrew J J MacIntoshPrimate Research Institute, Kyoto University, Inuyama, Japan.
Sabah Wildlife Department · MYKyoto University · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Within host communities, related species are more likely to share common parasitic agents, and as a result, morphological similarities have led researchers to conclude that parasites infecting closely related hosts within a community represent a single species. However, genetic diversity within parasite genera and host range remain poorly investigated in most systems.

Indexed as

Cryptic speciesHost-parasite interactionsMalaysian BorneoNycticebus menagensisStrongyloides

Identifiers

PMID29988792
PMCPMC6031959
OpenAlexW2793523327

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Registered trials

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