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ArticlePathogens (Basel, Switzerland)2021

Simbarashe Chitanga, Herman M Chambaro, Lavel C Moonga, Kyoko Hayashida, Junya Yamagishi, Walter Muleya, Katendi Changula, Benjamin Mubemba, Manyando Simbotwe, David Squarre and 5 more

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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 10 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
10citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 21% 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

10 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
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  5. Investigation of potentially zoonoticScience in One Health · 2025
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  9. Tick-Borne Rickettsioses in the Iberian Peninsula.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022
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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

15 authors at 5 institutions in 5 countries.

Simbarashe ChitangaDepartment of Paraclinical Studies, Faculty of Health Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Namibia, Windhoek Private Bag 13301, Namibia.ORCID 0000-0002-5384-2493
Herman M ChambaroInternational Institute for Zoonosis Control, Hokkaido University, N 20 W10, Kita-ku, Sapporo 001-0020, Japan.
Lavel C MoongaInternational Institute for Zoonosis Control, Hokkaido University, N 20 W10, Kita-ku, Sapporo 001-0020, Japan.ORCID 0000-0001-7814-9997
Kyoko HayashidaInternational Institute for Zoonosis Control, Hokkaido University, N 20 W10, Kita-ku, Sapporo 001-0020, Japan.ORCID 0000-0001-9266-5162
Junya YamagishiInternational Institute for Zoonosis Control, Hokkaido University, N 20 W10, Kita-ku, Sapporo 001-0020, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-8385-5359
Walter MuleyaDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zambia, Lusaka P.O. Box 32379, Zambia.
Katendi ChangulaDepartment of Paraclinical Studies, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zambia, Lusaka P.O. Box 32379, Zambia.ORCID 0000-0003-2182-4319
Benjamin MubembaDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, Michael Chilufya Sata School of Medicine, Copperbelt University, Kitwe P.O. Box 21692, Zambia.ORCID 0000-0002-5266-3602
Manyando SimbotweDepartment of Disease Control, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zambia, Lusaka P.O. Box 32379, Zambia.
David SquarreInternational Institute for Zoonosis Control, Hokkaido University, N 20 W10, Kita-ku, Sapporo 001-0020, Japan.ORCID 0000-0003-4897-7841
Paul FandamuCentral Veterinary Research Institute (CVRI), Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock, Lusaka P.O. Box 33980, Zambia.
King S NalubambaDepartment of Clinical Studies, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zambia, Lusaka P.O. Box 32379, Zambia.
Yongjin QiuInternational Institute for Zoonosis Control, Hokkaido University, N 20 W10, Kita-ku, Sapporo 001-0020, Japan.ORCID 0000-0001-8621-5472
Sawa HirofumiInternational Institute for Zoonosis Control, Hokkaido University, N 20 W10, Kita-ku, Sapporo 001-0020, Japan.ORCID 0000-0003-2569-2755
Edgar SimulunduDepartment of Disease Control, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zambia, Lusaka P.O. Box 32379, Zambia.ORCID 0000-0001-9423-0816
Hokkaido University · JPUniversity of Zambia · ZMCopperbelt University · ZMMinistry of Agriculture and Livestock · ZMUniversity of Namibia · NA

Funding

The Department of Veterinary Services under the Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock of the Gov-ernment of the Republic of Zambia N/A
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Rickettsial pathogens are amongst the emerging and re-emerging vector-borne zoonoses of public health importance. Though traditionally considered to be transmitted by ixodid ticks, the role of argasid ticks as vectors of these pathogens is increasingly being recognized. While bat-feeding (

Indexed as

ArgasidOrnithodoros porcinusRickettsiaeRickettsia lusitaniaeZambia

Identifiers

PMID34684256
PMCPMC8540723
OpenAlexW3205736919

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Registered trials

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