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ArticlePathogens (Basel, Switzerland)2022

Somatic Dimorphism in Cercariae of a Bird Schistosome.

Miroslava Soldánová, Petra Kundid, Tomáš Scholz, Roar Kristoffersen, Rune Knudsen

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Article in Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 27% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

4 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Trematodes in snail intermediate hosts of a subarctic lake: updated perspectives on molecular diversity.International journal for parasitology. Parasites and wildlife · 2026
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  2. The avian schistosomeFood and waterborne parasitology · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Miroslava SoldánováInstitute of Parasitology, Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences, 370 05 České Budějovice, Czech Republic.ORCID 0000-0002-5277-3799
Petra KundidInstitute of Parasitology, Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences, 370 05 České Budějovice, Czech Republic.
Tomáš ScholzInstitute of Parasitology, Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences, 370 05 České Budějovice, Czech Republic.
Roar KristoffersenDepartment of Arctic and Marine Biology, Faculty of Biosciences, Fisheries and Economics, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, N9037 Tromsø, Norway.
Rune KnudsenDepartment of Arctic and Marine Biology, Faculty of Biosciences, Fisheries and Economics, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, N9037 Tromsø, Norway.ORCID 0000-0001-8579-4687
UiT The Arctic University of Norway · NOUniversity of South Bohemia in České Budějovice · CZInstitute of Parasitology · CZ

Funding

Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre, Czech Academy of Sciences RVO: 60077344UiT The Arctic University of Norway and the Research Council of Norway 213610
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Phenotypic polymorphism is a commonly observed phenomenon in nature, but extremely rare in free-living stages of parasites. We describe a unique case of somatic polymorphism in conspecific cercariae of the bird schistosome

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bird schistosomecercariaephenotypepolymorphismtrematodesTrichobilharzia

Identifiers

PMID35335614
PMCPMC8953619
OpenAlexW4214685616

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