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ArticleEmerging microbes & infections2023

Risk factors for Borna disease virus 1 encephalitis in Germany - a case-control study.

Kirsten Pörtner, Hendrik Wilking, Christina Frank, Merle M Böhmer, Klaus Stark, Dennis Tappe

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Article in Emerging microbes & infections, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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17citing papers in PubMed
6.2field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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

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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

17 citing papers in PubMed, 29 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Kirsten PörtnerDepartment of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-8191-8056
Hendrik WilkingDepartment of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany.
Christina FrankDepartment of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany.
Merle M BöhmerDepartment of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Bavarian Health and Food Safety Authority, Munich, Germany.
Klaus StarkDepartment of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany.
Dennis TappeResearch Group Zoonoses, National Reference Centre for Tropical Pathogens, Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany.
Robert Koch Institute · DEBernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine · DEHealth and Safety Authority · IE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In 2018, Borna Disease Virus 1 (BoDV-1) was confirmed as a human zoonotic pathogen causing rare but fatal encephalitis in Germany. While diagnostic procedures and the clinical picture have been described, epidemiology remains mysterious. Though endemic areas and a natural reservoir host have been identified with the shrew

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Borna disease virusEncephalitisAdolescentAdultAgedAnimalsCase-Control StudiesChildFemaleGermanyHumansMaleMiddle AgedRisk FactorsShrewsYoung AdultBoDV-1Bornaviruscase–control studyencephalitisrisk factors

Identifiers

PMID36748319
PMCPMC9980402
OpenAlexW4319333281

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