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ArticleParasitology2020

Giovanni Sgroi, Antonio Varcasia, Nicola D'Alessio, Paolo Varuzza, Francesco Buono, Maria Grazia Amoroso, Belgees Boufana, Domenico Otranto, Alessandro Fioretti, Vincenzo Veneziano

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Article in Parasitology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
13citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 20% 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

13 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Molecular characterization ofParasitology · 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

10 authors at 7 institutions in 3 countries.

Giovanni SgroiDepartment of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Productions, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy.
Antonio VarcasiaDepartment of Veterinary Medicine, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy.
Nicola D'AlessioIstituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Mezzogiorno, Portici, Italy.
Paolo VaruzzaDepartment of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Productions, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy.
Francesco BuonoDepartment of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Productions, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy.
Maria Grazia AmorosoIstituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Mezzogiorno, Portici, Italy.
Belgees BoufanaNational Wildlife Management Centre, National Reference Laboratory for Trichinella and Echinococcus, Animal and Plant Health Agency, York, UK.
Domenico OtrantoDepartment of Veterinary Medicine, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Valenzano, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-7518-476X
Alessandro FiorettiDepartment of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Productions, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy.
Vincenzo VenezianoDepartment of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Productions, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-2496-4034
University of Naples Federico II · ITRegione Campania · ITAnimal and Plant Health Agency · GBBu-Ali Sina University · IRIstituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Mezzogiorno · ITUniversity of Bari Aldo Moro · ITUniversity of Sassari · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Taenia hydatigena cysticercosis is a widespread parasitic disease of wild and domestic animals. In Europe, the increase in wild boar population may potentially contribute to the spread of this parasitic infection. To determine the occurrence of cysticerci (metacestodes) in wild boar population from southern Italy, carcasses were inspected during three hunting seasons (2016-2018). Out of 3363 wild boar examined, 229 (6.8%) harboured cysticerci with 188 (82.1%) infected by a single cyst, vs 41 (17.9%) boars having more than one. Most of the positive animals (187; 81.7%) showed cysts on the liver, whereas a multiple localization of cysticerci was reported in 10 (4.4%) wild boar. The total number of cysts retrieved from positive animals was 301 (average 1.3). Molecular analysis revealed the occurrence of a common haplotype (Hap 8) shared between wild boar and domestic animals. Our findings suggest the presence of a T. hydatigena semi-domestic life cycle in which wild boar may play an important role, due to a large number of offal available to hunting dogs, wolves and foxes during hunting seasons. Hunters may be players in the management of wildlife species to control and prevent the circulation of parasitic diseases.

Indexed as

AnimalsCysticercosisFemaleGenetic VariationItalyMalePopulation DynamicsPrevalenceSus scrofaSwineSwine DiseasesTaeniaHaplotypeItalyTaenia hydatigena cysticercosiswild boar

Identifiers

PMID32829716
PMCPMC7708990
OpenAlexW3080485909

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