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ReviewCurrent research in parasitology & vector-borne diseases2024

Clockwork intruders: Do parasites manipulate their hosts' circadian rhythms?

Sebastián Boy-Waxman, Martin Olivier, Nicolas Cermakian

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Review in Current research in parasitology & vector-borne diseases, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Circadian considerations in antimicrobials.European journal of clinical pharmacology · 2026
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  2. Time to start taking time seriously: how to investigate unexpected biological rhythms within infectious disease research.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Sebastián Boy-WaxmanLaboratory of Molecular Chronobiology, Douglas Mental Health University Institute, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
Martin OlivierThe Research Institute of the McGill University Health Center, Infectious Diseases and Immunology in Global Health Program, Departments of Medicine, Microbiology and Immunology, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
Nicolas CermakianLaboratory of Molecular Chronobiology, Douglas Mental Health University Institute, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Most organisms have developed circadian clocks to adapt to 24-hour cycles in the environment. These clocks have become crucial for modulating and synchronizing complex behavioral and biological processes. A number of parasites seem to have evolved to take advantage of their hosts' circadian rhythms to favor their own infection and survival. Some species, such as

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BehaviorCircadian clockCircadian rhythmsHost manipulationInflammationParasitic infection

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PMID38545439
PMCPMC10966150

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