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ReviewNPJ vaccines2020

Baseline mapping of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virology, epidemiology and vaccine research and development.

Nathen E Bopp, Jaclyn A Kaiser, Ashley E Strother, Alan D T Barrett, David W C Beasley, Virginia Benassi, Gregg N Milligan, Marie-Pierre Preziosi, Lisa M Reece

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Review in NPJ vaccines, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 39 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
39citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-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

39 citing papers in PubMed, 56 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

9 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Nathen E BoppDepartment of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA.
Jaclyn A KaiserDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA.
Ashley E StrotherDepartment of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA.
Alan D T BarrettDepartment of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA. abarrett@utmb.edu.
David W C BeasleyDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3252-690X
Virginia BenassiInitiative for Vaccine Research, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4607-9450
Gregg N MilliganDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA.
Marie-Pierre PreziosiInitiative for Vaccine Research, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
Lisa M ReeceSealy Institute for Vaccine Sciences, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9147-1833
The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston · USWorld Health Organization · CHWorld Health Organization - Pakistan · PK

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus (SFTSV) is a newly emergent tick-borne bunyavirus first discovered in 2009 in China. SFTSV is a growing public health problem that may become more prominent owing to multiple competent tick-vectors and the expansion of human populations in areas where the vectors are found. Although tick-vectors of SFTSV are found in a wide geographic area, SFTS cases have only been reported from China, South Korea, Vietnam, and Japan. Patients with SFTS often present with high fever, leukopenia, and thrombocytopenia, and in some cases, symptoms can progress to severe outcomes, including hemorrhagic disease. Reported SFTSV case fatality rates range from ~5 to >30% depending on the region surveyed, with more severe disease reported in older individuals. Currently, treatment options for this viral infection remain mostly supportive as there are no licensed vaccines available and research is in the discovery stage. Animal models for SFTSV appear to recapitulate many facets of human disease, although none of the models mirror all clinical manifestations. There are insufficient data available on basic immunologic responses, the immune correlate(s) of protection, and the determinants of severe disease by SFTSV and related viruses. Many aspects of SFTSV virology and epidemiology are not fully understood, including a detailed understanding of the annual numbers of cases and the vertebrate host of the virus, so additional research on this disease is essential towards the development of vaccines and therapeutics.

Identifiers

PMID33335100
PMCPMC7746727
OpenAlexW3111847144

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