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ArticleInfection and immunity2020

Intratracheal Inoculation with Brucella melitensis in the Pregnant Guinea Pig Is an Improved Model for Reproductive Pathogenesis and Vaccine Studies.

Martha E Hensel, Sankar P Chaki, Lauren Stranahan, Anthony E Gregory, Erin J van Schaik, Daniel G Garcia-Gonzalez, Omar Khalaf, James E Samuel, Angela M Arenas-Gamboa

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Article in Infection and immunity, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 37% 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

6 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

9 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Martha E HenselDepartment of Veterinary Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8520-0279
Sankar P ChakiDepartment of Veterinary Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA.
Lauren StranahanDepartment of Veterinary Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0746-5949
Anthony E GregoryDepartment of Microbial Pathogenesis and Immunology, College of Medicine, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA.
Erin J van SchaikDepartment of Microbial Pathogenesis and Immunology, College of Medicine, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA.
Daniel G Garcia-GonzalezDepartment of Veterinary Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA.
Omar KhalafDepartment of Veterinary Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA.
James E SamuelDepartment of Microbial Pathogenesis and Immunology, College of Medicine, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA.
Angela M Arenas-GamboaDepartment of Veterinary Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA amarenas@tamu.edu.
Texas A&M University · USUniversity of Baghdad · IQ

Funding

Comparative Biomedical Research Training for VeterinariansT32OD011083 · OD · TEXAS A&M AGRILIFE RESEARCH · PI ALBERT MULENGA · 2012 to 2026
$4.8M
Use of the goat model to test human Brucella vaccines in ArgentinaK01TW009981 · FIC · TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CTR · PI ARENAS, ANGELA M · 2014 to 2018
$670k
FIC NIH HHS K01 TW009981NIH HHS T32 OD011083
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Reproductive failure is the hallmark of brucellosis in animals. An uncommon but important complication in pregnant women who become acutely infected with

Indexed as

Disease Models, AnimalAnimalsAntibodies, BacterialBrucella melitensisBrucella VaccineBrucellosisFemaleGuinea PigsHumansMammary Glands, AnimalPlacentaPregnancyPregnancy Complications, InfectiousVaccinationAntibodies, BacterialBrucella Vaccineaerosol inoculationBrucella melitensisguinea pigintratracheal inoculationpregnantvaccines

Identifiers

PMID32690632
PMCPMC7504952
OpenAlexW3043076935

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Registered trials

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