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ArticleEpidemiology and infection2019

G Hestvik, H Uhlhorn, M Koene, S Åkerström, A Malmsten, F Dahl, P-A Åhlén, A-M Dalin, D Gavier-Widén

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Article in Epidemiology and infection, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
8citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 40% 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

8 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Prevalence ofAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2023
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  6. Microorganisms · 2021
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  7. The European Union One Health 2019 Zoonoses Report.EFSA journal. European Food Safety Authority · 2021
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  8. Microorganisms · 2020
    Review
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

9 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

G HestvikDepartment of Pathology and Wildlife Diseases, National Veterinary Institute (SVA), Uppsala, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0002-4528-8701
H UhlhornDepartment of Pathology and Wildlife Diseases, National Veterinary Institute (SVA), Uppsala, Sweden.
M KoeneWageningen Bioveterinary Research (WBVR), Lelystad, The Netherlands.
S ÅkerströmDepartment of Microbiology, National Veterinary Institute (SVA), Uppsala, Sweden.
A MalmstenDepartment of Clinical Sciences, Division of Reproduction, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Uppsala, Sweden.
F DahlDepartment of Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Grimsö Wildlife Research Station, Riddarhyttan, Sweden.
P-A ÅhlénSwedish Association for Hunting and Wildlife Management, Öster Malma, Nyköping, Sweden.
A-M DalinDepartment of Clinical Sciences, Division of Reproduction, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Uppsala, Sweden.
D Gavier-WidénDepartment of Pathology and Wildlife Diseases, National Veterinary Institute (SVA), Uppsala, Sweden.
Swedish Veterinary Agency · SESwedish University of Agricultural Sciences · SEWageningen University & Research · NL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tularaemia is a zoonotic disease, in Europe caused by Francisella tularensis subsp. holarctica. Many lagomorphs and a variety of small rodents are wildlife species prone to develop clinical disease, while predators and scavengers are relatively resistant and may serve as sentinels. Blood samples from 656 Swedish wild predators and scavengers were serologically investigated using slide agglutination and microagglutination. In the slide agglutination test, 34 seropositive animals were detected, and they were found among all species investigated: brown bear (Ursus arctos), Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx), raccoon dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides), red fox (Vulpes vulpes), wild boar (Sus scrofa), wolf (Canis lupus) and wolverine (Gulo gulo). Due to haemolysis the microagglutination test was more difficult to read at low titres, and only 12 animals were classified as seropositive. F. tularensis subsp. holarctica was detected by a polymerase chain reaction in lymphatic tissues of the head in one brown bear, one red fox and one wolf. The significance of this finding regarding possible latency of infection is not clear. In conclusion, the results of this study indicate that all predator and scavenger species included in this study may serve as sentinels for tularaemia in Sweden. Their role as reservoirs is unclear.

Indexed as

AnimalsAnimals, WildDisease ReservoirsFrancisella tularensisPredatory BehaviorSentinel SpeciesSeroepidemiologic StudiesSwedenTularemiaZoonosesAgglutinationpredatorserologytularaemiawildlife

Identifiers

PMID31637994
PMCPMC6813645
OpenAlexW2981574974

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