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ArticleMicroorganisms2020

Viral Bone Infection: A Neglected Disease?

Lorenzo Drago, Carlo L Romanò, Ilaria Morelli, Thami Benzakour

Open access · goldAbstract readEditorial
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Article in Microorganisms, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 38% 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

3 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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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.

Lorenzo DragoClinical Microbiology, University of Milan, 20100 Milano, Italy.
Carlo L RomanòStudio Medico Cecca-Romanò, Corso Venezia, 20121 Milano, Italy.
Ilaria MorelliOrthopedics Specialty School, University of Milan, 20100 Milano, Italy.
Thami BenzakourZerktouni Orthopaedic Clinic, 20000 Casablanca, Morocco.
University of Milan · ITAcademy of Sciences of Albania · AL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bone structures reveal viral DNA/RNA, but little is known of the interaction and pathogenesis of viruses and bone diseases. Their detection and identification is often overlooked and not considered by many clinicians and researchers. In this Editorial, we suggest the role of viruses in some inflammatory bone conditions and their possible role as aetiological agents in bone and joint infections.

Identifiers

PMID32466516
PMCPMC7356793
OpenAlexW3032299255

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