Physiological Responses to a Single Low-Dose of

Sarah C Taft, Tonya L Nichols, Stephanie A Hines, Roy E Barnewall, Gregory V Stark, Jason E Comer

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Article in Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland), 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

0.1field-weighted citation impact, top 52% 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, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

Hair and wool of ruminants and canines as environmental vectors of Bacillus anthracis and potential human exposure in anthrax-endemic regions.Scientific reports · 2026
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Bacillus cereus biovar anthracis causes inhalational anthrax-like disease in rabbits that is treatable with medical countermeasures.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2025
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Physiological Responses to Multiple Low-Doses ofPathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 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

6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Sarah C TaftU.S. Environmental Protection Agency, National Homeland Security Research Center, Cincinnati, OH 45224, USA.

Tonya L NicholsU.S. Environmental Protection Agency, National Homeland Security Research Center, Cincinnati, OH 45224, USA.

Stephanie A HinesFormerly of Battelle Memorial Institute, Columbus, OH 43201, USA.

Roy E BarnewallBattelle Memorial Institute, Columbus, OH 43201, USA.

Gregory V StarkFormerly of Battelle Memorial Institute, Columbus, OH 43201, USA.

Jason E ComerInstitutional Office of Regulated Nonclinical Studies, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, TX 77555, USA.

Battelle · USEnvironmental Protection Agency · USThe University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston · US

Funding

The Department of Defense through the Defense Threat Reduction Agency BA06TAS022The Department of Defense through the Defense Threat Reduction Agency CBS.PHYSIO.01.SW.005The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency through the Office of Research and Development Contract No. EP-C-14-001

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Credible dose-response relationships are needed to more accurately assess the risk posed by exposure to low-level

Indexed as

Bacillus anthracis, anthrax, low-dose, dose–response, physiological response

Identifiers

PMID32545184

DOI10.3390/pathogens9060461

PMCPMC7350313

OpenAlexW4250521547

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