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ArticlePathogens (Basel, Switzerland)2021

A Pilot Study on the Microbiome of

Dalicia Kisten, Jory Brinkerhoff, Selaelo Ivy Tshilwane, Samson Mukaratirwa

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Article in Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
8citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 24% 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

8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 11 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

4 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Dalicia KistenSchool of Life Sciences, Biological Sciences Section, College of Agriculture, Engineering and Science, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Westville Campus, Durban 4000, South Africa.
Jory BrinkerhoffSchool of Life Sciences, Biological Sciences Section, College of Agriculture, Engineering and Science, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Westville Campus, Durban 4000, South Africa.
Selaelo Ivy TshilwaneSchool of Life Sciences, Biological Sciences Section, College of Agriculture, Engineering and Science, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Westville Campus, Durban 4000, South Africa.
Samson MukaratirwaSchool of Life Sciences, Biological Sciences Section, College of Agriculture, Engineering and Science, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Westville Campus, Durban 4000, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0001-6843-1497
University of KwaZulu-Natal · ZARoss University School of Veterinary Medicine · KNUniversity of Richmond · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Variation in tick microbiota may affect pathogen acquisition and transmission but for many vector species, including

Indexed as

Amblyomma hebraeumbacteriamicrobiomenymph and adult ticksRickettsia aeschlimanniiRickettsia africae infection

Identifiers

PMID34451405
PMCPMC8398150
OpenAlexW3184757255

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Registered trials

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