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ArticleFrontiers in veterinary science2019

British Red Squirrels Remain the Only Known Wild Rodent Host for Leprosy Bacilli.

Anna-Katarina Schilling, Charlotte Avanzi, Rainer G Ulrich, Philippe Busso, Benoit Pisanu, Nicola Ferrari, Claudia Romeo, Maria Vittoria Mazzamuto, Joyce McLuckie, Craig M Shuttleworth and 9 more

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Article in Frontiers in veterinary science, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
16citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.0field-weighted citation impact, top 8% 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, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 35 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. UndetectableOne health (Amsterdam, Netherlands) · 2026
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  3. British Red Squirrels (Interdisciplinary perspectives on infectious diseases · 2026
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  7. Leprosy.Nature reviews. Disease primers · 2024
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  8. Molecular and Serological Surveillance forAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024
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  10. The Presence ofMicroorganisms · 2022
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  12. Frontiers in microbiology · 2021
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  13. Metagenomics of the modern and historical human oral microbiome with phylogenetic studies onPhilosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2020
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  14. Microorganisms · 2020
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  16. Genomic Characterization ofFrontiers in microbiology · 2020
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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

19 authors at 11 institutions in 7 countries.

Anna-Katarina SchillingRoyal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies and Roslin Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
Charlotte AvanziGlobal Health Institute, Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Rainer G UlrichInstitute of Novel and Emerging Infectious Diseases, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Federal Research Institute for Animal Health, Greifswald-Insel Riems, Germany.
Philippe BussoGlobal Health Institute, Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Benoit PisanuDépartement Homme et Environment, Centre d'Ecologie et des Sciences de la Conservation, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France.
Nicola FerrariDipartimento di Medicina Veterinaria, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy.
Claudia RomeoDipartimento di Medicina Veterinaria, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy.
Maria Vittoria MazzamutoDipartimento di Scienze Teoriche ed Applicate, Università degli Studi dell'Insubria, Varese, Italy.
Joyce McLuckieMoredun Research Institute, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
Craig M ShuttleworthSchool of Natural Sciences, Bangor University, Bangor, United Kingdom.
Jorge Del-PozoRoyal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies and Roslin Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
Peter W W LurzRoyal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies and Roslin Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
Wendy G Escalante-FuentesLaboratorio Interdisciplinario de Investigación Dermatológica, Servicio de Dermatología, Hospital Universitario, Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo León, Monterrey, Mexico.
Jorge Ocampo-CandianiLaboratorio Interdisciplinario de Investigación Dermatológica, Servicio de Dermatología, Hospital Universitario, Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo León, Monterrey, Mexico.
Lucio Vera-CabreraLaboratorio Interdisciplinario de Investigación Dermatológica, Servicio de Dermatología, Hospital Universitario, Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo León, Monterrey, Mexico.
Karen StevensonMoredun Research Institute, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
Jean-Louis ChapuisDépartement Homme et Environment, Centre d'Ecologie et des Sciences de la Conservation, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France.
Anna L MeredithRoyal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies and Roslin Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
Stewart T ColeGlobal Health Institute, Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Moredun Research Institute · GBRoslin Institute · GBUniversidad Autónoma de Nuevo León · MXÉcole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne · CHUniversity of Milan · ITBangor University · GBCentre d'Écologie et des Sciences de la Conservation · FRFrench National Agency for Water and Aquatic Environments · FRFriedrich-Loeffler-Institut · DEInstitut Pasteur · FRUniversity of Insubria · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Eurasian red squirrels

Indexed as

leprosyMycobacterium lepraeMycobacterium lepromatosisPCRsquirrelswhite-throated woodrats

Identifiers

PMID30775369
PMCPMC6367869
OpenAlexW2914120346

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