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ReviewPathogens (Basel, Switzerland)2021

Alphavirus Virulence Determinants.

Margarita V Rangel, Kenneth A Stapleford

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Review 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.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
8citing papers in PubMed
1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 17% 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, 13 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

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Margarita V RangelDepartment of Microbiology, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA.
Kenneth A StaplefordDepartment of Microbiology, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA.
New York University · US

Funding

INFECTIOUS DISEASES &BASIC MICROBIOLOGICAL MECHANISMST32AI007180 · NIAID · NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI WEISER, JEFFREY NEAL · 1985 to 2022
$8.9M
NIH HHS T32 AI007180
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Alphaviruses are important pathogens that continue to cause outbreaks of disease in humans and animals worldwide. Diseases caused by alphavirus infections include acute symptoms of fever, rash, and nausea as well as chronic arthritis and severe-to-fatal conditions including myocarditis and encephalitis. Despite their prevalence and the significant public health threat they pose, there are currently no effective antiviral treatments or vaccines against alphaviruses. Various genetic determinants of alphavirus virulence, including genomic RNA elements and specific protein residues and domains, have been described by researchers to play key roles in the development of disease, the immune response to infection, and virus transmissibility. Here, we focus on the determinants that are currently described in the literature. Understanding how these molecular determinants shape viral infections can lead to new strategies for the development of therapies and vaccines to combat these viruses.

Indexed as

alphaviruspathogenesistransmissionvirulence factors

Identifiers

PMID34451445
PMCPMC8401390
OpenAlexW3188207416

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Registered trials

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