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ArticleParasitology2024

Host and habitat shape ectoparasite diversity on

Alyssa J Little, Conrad A Matthee, Eddie A Ueckermann, Ivan G Horak, Cang Hui, Sonja Matthee

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Article in Parasitology, 2024. 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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4citing papers in PubMed
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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

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.

  1. Diversity of ectoparasites associated withInternational journal for parasitology. Parasites and wildlife · 2026
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  4. Evolution of theEcology and evolution · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Alyssa J LittleDepartment of Conservation Ecology and Entomology, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa.
Conrad A MattheeEvolutionary Genomics Group, Department of Botany and Zoology, Stellenbosch University, Matieland, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-6836-069X
Eddie A UeckermannUnit for Environmental Sciences and Management, Potchefstroom Campus, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa.
Ivan G HorakDepartment of Zoology and Entomology, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa.
Cang HuiDepartment of Mathematical Sciences, Centre for Invasion Biology, Stellenbosch University, Matieland, South Africa.
Sonja MattheeDepartment of Conservation Ecology and Entomology, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0001-7289-6262

Funding

Zoonotic tick-borne pathogens contribute to acute febrile illness in rural South AfricaR01AI136832 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA · PI OOSTHUIZEN, MARINDA CATHARINA · 2019 to 2023
$704k
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI136832
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

EcosystemEctoparasitic InfestationsMurinaeRodent DiseasesAnimalsBiodiversityFemaleHost-Parasite InteractionsMaleMitesSiphonapteraTicksectoparasitesEpifaunistic specieshabitat typehost sexMastomys couchaMastomys natalensis

Identifiers

PMID39438357
PMCPMC11579041

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