Evidence map›Paper›PMID 33217891›Full record

ArticleMicroorganisms2020

Agatha O Kolo, Nicola E Collins, Kelly A Brayton, Mamohale Chaisi, Lucille Blumberg, John Frean, Cory A Gall, Jeanette M Wentzel, Samantha Wills-Berriman, Liesl De Boni and 3 more

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Article in Microorganisms, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
28citing papers in PubMed, 5 pooled it
3.9field-weighted citation impact, top 6% 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

28 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 45 citations in OpenAlex.

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  11. Bacterial blood microbiome ofFrontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2025
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  14. Diversity ofAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024
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  15. Molecular Detection ofVeterinary medicine international · 2024
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  16. Review
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  18. Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023
    Review
  19. Distribution and Prevalence ofMicroorganisms · 2023
    Review
  20. Temporal Dynamics ofMicroorganisms · 2023
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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

13 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Agatha O KoloVectors and Vector-Borne Diseases Research Programme, Department of Veterinary Tropical Diseases, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0110, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0003-0111-0554
Nicola E CollinsVectors and Vector-Borne Diseases Research Programme, Department of Veterinary Tropical Diseases, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0110, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0001-7296-3912
Kelly A BraytonVectors and Vector-Borne Diseases Research Programme, Department of Veterinary Tropical Diseases, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0110, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0001-7077-5424
Mamohale ChaisiZoological Research, Foundational Biodiversity & Services, South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria 0001, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-2365-1039
Lucille BlumbergNational Institute for Communicable Diseases, Johannesburg 2192, South Africa.
John FreanNational Institute for Communicable Diseases, Johannesburg 2192, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0003-3375-5760
Cory A GallValley Medical Centre, Lewiston, ID 83501, USA.
Jeanette M WentzelHans Hoheisen Wildlife Research Station, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0110, South Africa.
Samantha Wills-BerrimanVectors and Vector-Borne Diseases Research Programme, Department of Veterinary Tropical Diseases, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0110, South Africa.
Liesl De BoniVectors and Vector-Borne Diseases Research Programme, Department of Veterinary Tropical Diseases, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0110, South Africa.
Jacqueline WeyerNational Institute for Communicable Diseases, Johannesburg 2192, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0001-9471-2890
Jennifer RossouwNational Institute for Communicable Diseases, Johannesburg 2192, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0003-2840-5563
Marinda C OosthuizenVectors and Vector-Borne Diseases Research Programme, Department of Veterinary Tropical Diseases, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0110, South Africa.
University of Pretoria · ZANational Institute for Communicable DiseasesSouth African National Biodiversity Institute · ZAValley Medical Center · US

Funding

Zoonotic tick-borne pathogens contribute to acute febrile illness in rural South AfricaR01AI136832 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA · PI OOSTHUIZEN, MARINDA CATHARINA · 2019 to 2023
$704k
Belgian Directorate General for Development Co-operation Framework (ITM/DGCD) 92739National Research Foundation South Africa 110448NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI136832
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

DNA samples from 74 patients with non-malarial acute febrile illness (AFI), 282 rodents, 100 cattle, 56 dogs and 160

Indexed as

Anaplasma phagocytophilumAnaplasma spp.bacterial communitygenetic variationRhipicephalus sanguineusrural populationvarious hosts

Identifiers

PMID33217891
PMCPMC7698776
OpenAlexW3104547913

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Registered trials

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