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ReviewFrontiers in microbiology2021

Congenital Transmission of Apicomplexan Parasites: A Review.

Maura Rojas-Pirela, Lisvaneth Medina, Maria Verónica Rojas, Ana Isabel Liempi, Christian Castillo, Elizabeth Pérez-Pérez, Jesús Guerrero-Muñoz, Sebastian Araneda, Ulrike Kemmerling

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In one paragraph

Review 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 25 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
25citing papers in PubMed
7.1field-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

25 citing papers in PubMed, 50 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. Diversity of piroplasmids in wild animals in Brazil: a review.Revista brasileira de parasitologia veterinaria = Brazilian journal of veterinary parasitology : Orgao Oficial do Colegio Brasileiro de Parasitologia Veterinaria · 2025
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  12. A case of babesiosis in a returning traveller.Southern African journal of infectious diseases · 2024
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  15. Congenital Transmission ofVector borne and zoonotic diseases (Larchmont, N.Y.) · 2023
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  19. Modeling the human placental barrier to understandFrontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2023
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  20. Seroprevalence and risk factors analysis ofFrontiers in veterinary science · 2023
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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

9 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Maura Rojas-PirelaInstituto de Ciencias Biomédicas, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
Lisvaneth MedinaInstituto de Ciencias Biomédicas, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
Maria Verónica RojasInstituto de Biología, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile.
Ana Isabel LiempiInstituto de Ciencias Biomédicas, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
Christian CastilloInstituto de Ciencias Biomédicas, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
Elizabeth Pérez-PérezFacultad de Farmacia y Bioanálisis, Universidad de Los Andes, Mérida, Venezuela.
Jesús Guerrero-MuñozInstituto de Ciencias Biomédicas, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
Sebastian AranedaInstituto de Ciencias Biomédicas, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
Ulrike KemmerlingInstituto de Ciencias Biomédicas, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
University of Chile · CLPontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso · CLDiego Portales University · CLUniversity of the Andes · VE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Apicomplexans are a group of pathogenic protists that cause various diseases in humans and animals that cause economic losses worldwide. These unicellular eukaryotes are characterized by having a complex life cycle and the ability to evade the immune system of their host organism. Infections caused by some of these parasites affect millions of pregnant women worldwide, leading to various adverse maternal and fetal/placental effects. Unfortunately, the exact pathogenesis of congenital apicomplexan diseases is far from being understood, including the mechanisms of how they cross the placental barrier. In this review, we highlight important aspects of the diseases caused by species of

Indexed as

Apicomplexacongenital transmissionhost–parasite interactionsinfection-immunologyplacenta

Identifiers

PMID34659187
PMCPMC8519608
OpenAlexW3204866875

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Registered trials

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