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ReviewMycopathologia2021

Protothecosis in Dogs and Cats-New Research Directions.

Michiaki Masuda, Tomasz Jagielski, Patrizia Danesi, Christian Falcaro, Michela Bertola, Mark Krockenberger, Richard Malik, Rui Kano

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Review in Mycopathologia, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
22citing papers in PubMed
5.4field-weighted citation impact, top 4% 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

22 citing papers in PubMed, 35 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Experimental protothecosis in a murine model.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2026
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  4. The virulence potential ofFrontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2026
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  6. Molecular and Phenotypic Characterization ofAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025
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  7. The Canadian veterinary journal = La revue veterinaire canadienne · 2025
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  10. Review
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  12. Identification ofVeterinary sciences · 2023
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  16. Occurrence ofApplied and environmental microbiology · 2022
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  17. Protothecosis andThe Canadian veterinary journal = La revue veterinaire canadienne · 2022
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  18. Microorganisms · 2022
    Review
  19. Prototheca-ID: a web-based application for molecular identification of Prototheca species.Database : the journal of biological databases and curation · 2021
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  20. Protothecosis in Dogs: A Narrative Review.Journal of veterinary internal medicine
    Review
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

8 authors at 5 institutions in 4 countries.

Michiaki MasudaDepartment of Microbiology, Dokkyo Medical University School of Medicine, Tochigi, Japan.
Tomasz JagielskiDepartment of Medical Microbiology, Institute of Microbiology, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland.
Patrizia DanesiIstituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale Delle Venezie, Legnaro, PD, Italy.
Christian FalcaroIstituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale Delle Venezie, Legnaro, PD, Italy.
Michela BertolaIstituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale Delle Venezie, Legnaro, PD, Italy.
Mark KrockenbergerVeterinary Pathology Diagnostic Services (VPDS), Sydney School of Veterinary Science, The University of Sydney, B14, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Richard MalikCentre for Veterinary Education, The University of Sydney, B22, Sydney, NSW, 2006, Australia.
Rui KanoDepartment of Veterinary Dermatology, Nihon University School of Veterinary Medicine, 1866, Kameino, Fujisawa, Kanagawa, 252-0880, Japan. kano.rui@nihon-u.ac.jp.
Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie · ITUniversity of Sydney · AUDokkyo Medical University · JPNihon University · JPUniversity of Warsaw · PL

Funding

Italian Ministry of Health RC IZSVe 01/2015National Science Centre grants «PRELUDIUM» 2013/09/N/NZ2/00248National Science Centre grants «SONATA» 2014/15/D/NZ7/01797
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Protothecosis refers to disease of humans and animals caused by infection with fungus-like, colourless microalgae of the genus Prototheca. Although protothecosis remains an uncommon infection, increasing numbers of human and animal cases are being diagnosed worldwide. This review summarises major new findings in basic science (sequencing analyses of sterol 14α-demethylase (CYP51/ERG11) genes and organelle genomes of Prototheca wickerhamii) to elucidate taxonomic features of this pathogen. Furthermore, this review updates and summarises the clinical features, diagnosis and treatment of protothecosis in dogs and cats. This content of this review is based on information presented at the medical phycology symposium held in the 20th Congress of the International Society for Human and Animal Mycology ( https://www.isham.org/ ).

Indexed as

Cat DiseasesDog DiseasesInfectionsProtothecaSkin Diseases, InfectiousAnimalsCatsDogsColourless algaeFungal-like pathogensGenomeProtothecaProtothecosis

Identifiers

PMID33206310
OpenAlexW3102284539

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