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ReviewFrontiers in immunology2021

Human Herpesviruses 6A and 6B in Reproductive Diseases.

Anthony L Komaroff, Roberta Rizzo, Jeffrey L Ecker

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Review in Frontiers in immunology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 21% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Anthony L KomaroffDivision of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States.
Roberta RizzoDepartment of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy.
Jeffrey L EckerDepartment of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States.
Harvard University · USMassachusetts General Hospital · USUniversity of Ferrara · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Human herpesviruses 6A (HHV-6A) and human herpesvirus 6B (HHV-6B)-collectively, HHV-6A/B-are recently-discovered but ancient human viruses. The vast majority of people acquire one or both viruses, typically very early in life, producing an ineradicable lifelong infection. The viruses have been linked to several neurological, pulmonary and hematological diseases. In early human history, the viruses on multiple occasions infected a germ cell, and integrated their DNA into a human chromosome. As a result, about 1% of humans are born with the full viral genome present in every cell, with uncertain consequences for health. HHV-6A may play a role in 43% of cases of primary unexplained infertility. Both the inherited and acquired viruses may occasionally trigger several of the factors that are important in the pathogenesis of preeclampsia. Transplacental infection occurs in 1-2% of pregnancies, with some evidence suggesting adverse health consequences for the child. While emerging knowledge about these viruses in reproductive diseases is not sufficient to suggest any changes in current practice, we write this review to indicate the need for further research that could prove practice-changing.

Indexed as

Abortion, SpontaneousCervix UteriFemaleFetal Growth RetardationHerpesvirus 6, HumanHumansPlacentaPregnancyRoseolovirus InfectionsVirus IntegrationVirus Replicationcongenital infectionhuman herpesvirus-6Ahuman herpesvirus-6Binherited chromosomally integrated human herpesvirus 6intrauterine growth retardation (IUGR)preeclampsiaprimary unexplained infertilityspontaneous abortion

Identifiers

PMID33841432
PMCPMC8027340
OpenAlexW3150981150

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