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ArticlePathogens (Basel, Switzerland)2020

"Begging the Question"-Does

Ali Taghipour, Ali Rostami, Sahar Esfandyari, Saeed Aghapour, Alessandra Nicoletti, Robin B Gasser

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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 4 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed
1.5field-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

4 citing papers in PubMed, 13 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

6 authors at 6 institutions in 3 countries.

Ali TaghipourDepartment of Parasitology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran.
Ali RostamiInfectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine Research Center, Health Research Institute, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Iran.ORCID 0000-0002-1358-1321
Sahar EsfandyariDepartment of Anatomy, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.ORCID 0000-0001-7346-5915
Saeed AghapourDepartment of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran.
Alessandra NicolettiDepartment G.F. Ingrassia, Section of Neurosciences, University of Catania, 95123 Catania, Italy.
Robin B GasserDepartment of Veterinary Biosciences, Melbourne Veterinary School, The University of Melbourne, Parkville 3010, VIC, Australia.
Babol University of Medical Sciences · IRMazandaran University of Medical Sciences · IRTarbiat Modares University · IRTehran University of Medical Sciences · IRThe University of Melbourne · AUUniversity of Catania · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Although the cause of multiple sclerosis (MS) is unclear, infectious agents, including some parasitic roundworms (nematodes), have been proposed as possible risk factors or contributors. Here, we conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of published observational studies to evaluate whether there is a possible association between infection with, or exposure to, one or more members of the genus

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associationmeta-analysismultiple sclerosisToxocara

Identifiers

PMID33187271
PMCPMC7696196
OpenAlexW3099518189

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Registered trials

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