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ArticleJournal of virology2020

Serpentoviruses: More than Respiratory Pathogens.

Eva Dervas, Jussi Hepojoki, Teemu Smura, Barbara Prähauser, Katharina Windbichler, Sandra Blümich, Antonio Ramis, Udo Hetzel, Anja Kipar

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Article in Journal of virology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
11citing papers in PubMed
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 21% 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

11 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Evolutionarily divergent nidovirus with an exceptionally large genome identified in Pacific oysters undergoing mass mortality.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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  5. First case of serpentovirus infection in a ball python (Veterinary research forum : an international quarterly journal · 2025
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  10. Nidoviruses in Reptiles: A Review.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2021
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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

9 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Eva DervasInstitute of Veterinary Pathology, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland.
Jussi HepojokiInstitute of Veterinary Pathology, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0001-5699-214X
Teemu SmuraUniversity of Helsinki, Medicum, Department of Virology, Helsinki, Finland.
Barbara PrähauserInstitute of Veterinary Pathology, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland.
Katharina WindbichlerInstitute of Veterinary Pathology, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland.
Sandra BlümichInstitute of Veterinary Pathology, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland.
Antonio RamisServei de Diagnostic en Patologia Veterinaria (SDPV), Departament de Sanitat i Anatomia Animals, Facultat de Veterinària, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
Udo HetzelInstitute of Veterinary Pathology, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland.
Anja KiparInstitute of Veterinary Pathology, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland anja.kipar@uzh.ch.ORCID 0000-0001-7289-3459
University of Zurich · CHUniversity of Helsinki · FIUniversitat Autònoma de Barcelona · ES

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In recent years, nidoviruses have emerged as important respiratory pathogens of reptiles, affecting captive python populations. In pythons, nidovirus (recently reclassified as serpentovirus) infection induces an inflammation of the upper respiratory and alimentary tract which can develop into a severe, often fatal proliferative pneumonia. We observed pyogranulomatous and fibrinonecrotic lesions in organ systems other than the respiratory tract during full postmortem examinations on 30 serpentovirus reverse transcription-PCR (RT-PCR)-positive pythons of varying species originating from Switzerland and Spain. The observations prompted us to study whether this not yet reported wider distribution of lesions is associated with previously unknown serpentoviruses or changes in the serpentovirus genome. RT-PCR and inoculation of

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Animal DiseasesAnimalsBiopsyBoidaeDisease SusceptibilityHumansImmunohistochemistryNidoviralesNidovirales InfectionsOrgan SpecificityPhenotypePhylogenyRecombination, GeneticRespiratory Tract InfectionsViral TropismVirus Sheddinggranulomatous inflammationserpentovirusessystemic viral infectionvasculitisviremia

Identifiers

PMID32641481
PMCPMC7459564
OpenAlexW3042164953

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