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ArticleFrontiers in microbiology2021

Horizontal Transmission of the Symbiont

Godfrey Nattoh, Tracy Maina, Edward E Makhulu, Lilian Mbaisi, Enock Mararo, Fidel G Otieno, Tullu Bukhari, Thomas O Onchuru, Evan Teal, Juan Paredes and 6 more

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Article in Frontiers in microbiology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
30citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
9.2field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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

30 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 64 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

16 authors at 7 institutions in 3 countries.

Godfrey NattohInternational Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe), Nairobi, Kenya.
Tracy MainaInternational Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe), Nairobi, Kenya.
Edward E MakhuluInternational Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe), Nairobi, Kenya.
Lilian MbaisiResearch Unit in Bioinformatics (RUBi), Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa.
Enock MararoThe Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, Roslin Institute, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
Fidel G OtienoInternational Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe), Nairobi, Kenya.
Tullu BukhariInternational Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe), Nairobi, Kenya.
Thomas O OnchuruInternational Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe), Nairobi, Kenya.
Evan TealInternational Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe), Nairobi, Kenya.
Juan ParedesInternational Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe), Nairobi, Kenya.
Joel L BargulInternational Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe), Nairobi, Kenya.
David M MburuPwani University Biosciences Research Centre (PUBReC), Kilifi, Kenya.
Everline A OnyangoKemri-Wellcome Trust Research Program, Kilifi, Kenya.
Gabriel MagomaInstitute for Basic Sciences Technology and Innovation, Pan African University, Nairobi, Kenya.
Steven P SinkinsMRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research, Glasgow, United Kingdom.
Jeremy K HerrenInternational Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe), Nairobi, Kenya.
International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology · KEJomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology · KEKenya Medical Research Institute · KEMRC University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research · GBPwani University · KERhodes University · ZARoslin Institute · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The recently discovered

Indexed as

AnophelesmalariaMicrosporidiasymbiosisvector

Identifiers

PMID34394019
PMCPMC8355901
OpenAlexW3186478624

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