Evidence map›Paper›PMID 32140591›Full record

ArticleHeliyon2020

Chemokine, cytokine and haematological profiles in Sprague-Dawley rats co-infected with

Pretty Murambiwa, Ekuyikeno Silas, Yanga Mdleleni, Samson Mukaratirwa

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Article in Heliyon, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.8field-weighted citation impact, top 18% 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

5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
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  3. PriorFrontiers in veterinary science · 2024
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  4. Food and waterborne parasitology · 2022
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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

4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Pretty MurambiwaSchool of Life Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Westville Campus, Durban, 4000, South Africa.
Ekuyikeno SilasSchool of Life Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Westville Campus, Durban, 4000, South Africa.
Yanga MdleleniSchool of Life Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Westville Campus, Durban, 4000, South Africa.
Samson MukaratirwaSchool of Life Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Westville Campus, Durban, 4000, South Africa.
University of KwaZulu-Natal · ZARoss University School of Veterinary Medicine · KN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Malaria remains a major cause of mortality and morbidity in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and tissue-dwelling helminth parasites (TDHPs) are also prevalent in this region presenting a geographical overlap in endemicity. There is paucity of information on the specific host immune responses elicited at different phases of the life cycle by the co-infecting helminth parasites. This study aimed at using a laboratory animal model to determine selected chemokine, cytokine and hematological profiles in Sprague-Dawley rats co-infected with

Indexed as

Biological sciencesCCL11CCL5ChemokinesCo-infectionCXCL10CytokinesHaematological parametersHealth sciencesIL-10Infectious diseaseMalariaMuscle larvaeParasitologyPlasmodium berghei ANKATNF-αTrichinella zimbabwensisVeterinary medicine

Identifiers

PMID32140591
PMCPMC7044667
OpenAlexW3007174397

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Registered trials

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