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ReviewTicks and tick-borne diseases2020

The guinea pig model for tick-borne spotted fever rickettsioses: A second look.

John V Stokes, David H Walker, Andrea S Varela-Stokes

Open access · hybridAbstract readReview
In one paragraph

Review in Ticks and tick-borne diseases, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
13citing papers in PubMed
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 19% 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, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Assessment of the Pathogenicity ofPathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
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  2. Mechanisms of bacterial host-to-host transmission.Microbiology and molecular biology reviews : MMBR · 2025
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  5. PathogenicJournal of bacteriology · 2024
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  8. Multiplex TaqManPathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022
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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

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

John V StokesDepartment of Basic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS 39762, USA.
David H WalkerDepartment of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, 77555, USA.
Andrea S Varela-StokesDepartment of Basic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS 39762, USA. Electronic address: stokes@cvm.msstate.edu.
Mississippi State University · USThe University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston · US

Funding

Zinc dependent conformational changes in AdcR and their impact on DNA bindingP20GM103646 · NIGMS · MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY · PI NANDURI, BINDU · 2013 to 2022
$21.1M
NIGMS NIH HHS P20 GM103646
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The guinea pig (Cavia porcellus) has an established track record as an animal model, with its utility in rickettsial research documented as early as the turn of the 20

Indexed as

Disease Models, AnimalGuinea PigsAnimalsSpotted Fever Group RickettsiosisCavia porcellusRickettsiaSpotted fever group

Identifiers

PMID32993947
PMCPMC7530330
OpenAlexW3048203297

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Registered trials

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