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ArticleApplied and environmental microbiology2018

Vector Competence of Geographical Populations of Ornithodoros turicata for the Tick-Borne Relapsing Fever Spirochete Borrelia turicatae.

Aparna Krishnavajhala, Brittany A Armstrong, Job E Lopez

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Article in Applied and environmental microbiology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 21 papers.

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21citing papers in PubMed
3.4field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

21 citing papers in PubMed, 31 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Differences in Salmonella Typhimurium infection and excretion among laboratory and field strains of the German cockroach suggest a genomic basis for vector competence.Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases · 2024
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  6. Autogenous reproduction byApplied and environmental microbiology · 2023
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  10. Biology · 2021
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  15. Perpetuation of Borreliae.Current issues in molecular biology · 2021
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  20. Differential Expression of PutativeFrontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2020
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Aparna KrishnavajhalaDepartment of Pediatrics, National School of Tropical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA.
Brittany A ArmstrongDepartment of Pediatrics, National School of Tropical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA.
Job E LopezDepartment of Pediatrics, National School of Tropical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA job.lopez@bcm.edu.
Baylor College of Medicine · US

Funding

Identification of essential factors contributing to vector colonization and transmission of relapsing fever spirochetesR01AI137412 · NIAID · BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI LOPEZ, JOB E · 2018 to 2022
$2.0M
Relapsing Fever Spirochete Protein Production within the VectorR21AI103724 · NIAID · MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY · PI LOPEZ, JOB E · 2013 to 2014
$363k
Identifying molecular events occurring during the life cycle of tick-born relapsing fever spirochetesR03AI123651 · NIAID · BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI LOPEZ, JOB E · 2017 to 2018
$148k
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI137412NIAID NIH HHS R03 AI123651NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI103724
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Vector competence refers to the ability of an arthropod to acquire, maintain, and successfully transmit a microbial pathogen. Tick-borne relapsing fever (TBRF) spirochetes are globally distributed pathogens, and most species are transmitted by argasid ticks of the genus

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AnimalsArachnid VectorsBorreliaFemaleHumansMaleOrnithodorosRelapsing FeverSalivary GlandsUnited StatesBorrelia turicataeOrnithodoros turicatarelapsing fevervector competencevector competency

Identifiers

PMID30143510
PMCPMC6193384
OpenAlexW2888307967

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