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ReviewPathogens (Basel, Switzerland)2022

Distribution and Current State of Molecular Genetic Characterization in Pathogenic Free-Living Amoebae.

Alejandro Otero-Ruiz, Leobardo Daniel Gonzalez-Zuñiga, Libia Zulema Rodriguez-Anaya, Luis Fernando Lares-Jiménez, Jose Reyes Gonzalez-Galaviz, Fernando Lares-Villa

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In one paragraph

Review 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 23 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
23citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
6.6field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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

23 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 31 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

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Alejandro Otero-RuizPrograma de Doctorado en Ciencias Especialidad en Biotecnología, Departamento de Biotecnología y Ciencias Alimentarias, Instituto Tecnológico de Sonora, Ciudad Obregón 85000, Sonora, Mexico.ORCID 0000-0002-8793-7204
Leobardo Daniel Gonzalez-ZuñigaPrograma de Maestría en Ciencias en Recursos Naturales, Departamento de Biotecnología y Ciencias Alimentarias, Instituto Tecnológico de Sonora, Ciudad Obregón 85000, Sonora, Mexico.
Libia Zulema Rodriguez-AnayaCONACYT-Instituto Tecnológico de Sonora, Ciudad Obregón 85000, Sonora, Mexico.ORCID 0000-0003-1643-3938
Luis Fernando Lares-JiménezDepartamento de Ciencias Agronómicas y Veterinarias, Instituto Tecnológico de Sonora, Ciudad Obregón 85000, Sonora, Mexico.
Jose Reyes Gonzalez-GalavizCONACYT-Instituto Tecnológico de Sonora, Ciudad Obregón 85000, Sonora, Mexico.ORCID 0000-0001-7235-9328
Fernando Lares-VillaDepartamento de Ciencias Agronómicas y Veterinarias, Instituto Tecnológico de Sonora, Ciudad Obregón 85000, Sonora, Mexico.ORCID 0000-0002-2407-9409
Sonora Institute of Technology · MX

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Free-living amoebae (FLA) are protozoa widely distributed in the environment, found in a great diversity of terrestrial biomes. Some genera of FLA are linked to human infections. The genus

Indexed as

Acanthamoeba spp.Balamuthia mandrillarisFLAfree-living amoebasgenomic epidemiologygenotypesmolecular epidemiologyNaegleria fowleriSappinia pedataVermamoeba vermiformis

Identifiers

PMID36297255
PMCPMC9612019
OpenAlexW4306849441

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