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ArticleInternational journal for parasitology. Parasites and wildlife2020

Prevalence of protozoan parasites in small and medium mammals in Texas, USA.

Joseph J Modarelli, Bradford J Westrich, Matthew Milholland, Mackenzie Tietjen, Ivan Castro-Arellano, Raul F Medina, Maria D Esteve-Gasent

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Article in International journal for parasitology. Parasites and wildlife, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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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

15 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Pooled it
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  13. HarnessingVaccines · 2022
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  14. WhatPathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Joseph J ModarelliDepartment of Veterinary Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 77843, USA.
Bradford J WestrichIndiana Department of Natural Resources, Department of Fish and Wildlife, 5596 East State Road 46, Bloomington, IN, 47401, USA.
Matthew MilhollandCollege of Agriculture and Natural Resources-Department of Environmental Sciences and Technology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 1433, USA.
Mackenzie TietjenDepartment of Entomology, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 77843, USA.
Ivan Castro-ArellanoDepartment of Biology, College of Sciences, Texas State San Marcos, San Marcos, TX, USA.
Raul F MedinaDepartment of Entomology, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 77843, USA.
Maria D Esteve-GasentDepartment of Veterinary Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 77843, USA.

Funding

Population Genetic Structure of Ixodes scapularis and disease transmissionR21AI107380 · NIAID · TEXAS A&M AGRILIFE RESEARCH · PI CASTRO-ARELLANO, IVAN, ESTEVE-GASSENT, MARIA D · 2015 to 2016
$386k
NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI107380
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Wildlife interaction with humans increases the risk of potentially infected ticks seeking an opportunistic blood meal and consequently leading to zoonotic transmission. In the United States, human babesiosis is a tick-borne zoonosis most commonly caused by the intraerythrocytic protozoan parasite,

Indexed as

Babesia microtiBabesia spp.Hepatozoon spp.MesocarnivoresSarcocystis spp.Small-mammals

Identifiers

PMID32195108
PMCPMC7078122

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