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ReviewBrain sciences2021

Lyme Neuroborreliosis: Mechanisms of

Lenzie Ford, Danielle M Tufts

Open access · goldAbstract readReview
In one paragraph

Review in Brain sciences, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
14citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
4.3field-weighted citation impact, top 5% 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

14 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 30 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Incidence of Lyme Borreliosis in Europe from National Surveillance Systems (2005-2020).Vector borne and zoonotic diseases (Larchmont, N.Y.) · 2023
    Pooled it
  3. Article
  4. Article
  5. The Lyme Disease Vaccine Paradox.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026
    Article
  6. Article
  7. Long-term survival ofMicrobiology spectrum · 2025
    Article
  8. Review
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  10. Microbes and Mental Illness: Past, Present, and Future.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023
    Review
  11. Concurrent Infection of the Human Brain with MultipleInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2023
    Article
  12. Article
  13. Attenuation of relapsing fever neuroborreliosis in mice by IL-17A blockade.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2022
    Article
  14. Article
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

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Lenzie FordNeuroscience Research Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA.
Danielle M TuftsInfectious Diseases and Microbiology Department, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8084-7556
University of California, Santa Barbara · USUniversity of Pittsburgh · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Lyme borreliosis is the most prevalent tick-borne disease in the United States, infecting ~476,000 people annually.

Indexed as

Borrelia burgdorferiinfectious diseaseLyme diseaseneurotropismpost-treatment Lyme disease syndrometick-borne pathogen

Identifiers

PMID34203671
PMCPMC8232152
OpenAlexW3168811830

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Registered trials

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Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.