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ArticleJournal of central nervous system disease2025

Edward B Breitschwerdt, Ricardo G Maggi, Cynthia Robveille, Emily Kingston

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Article in Journal of central nervous system disease, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 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

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

6 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Molecular Detection ofPathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
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  3. Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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  4. Repeated Detection ofAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025
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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

4 authors.

Edward B BreitschwerdtFrom the Department of Clinical Sciences and the Intracellular Pathogens Research Laboratory, Comparative Medicine Institute, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3506-0279
Ricardo G MaggiFrom the Department of Clinical Sciences and the Intracellular Pathogens Research Laboratory, Comparative Medicine Institute, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA.
Cynthia RobveilleFrom the Department of Clinical Sciences and the Intracellular Pathogens Research Laboratory, Comparative Medicine Institute, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2264-307X
Emily KingstonFrom the Department of Clinical Sciences and the Intracellular Pathogens Research Laboratory, Comparative Medicine Institute, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0004-7871-7519

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: In conjunction with more sensitive culture and molecular diagnostic testing modalities, simultaneous or sequential infection with more than 1 vector borne zoonotic pathogen is being increasingly documented in human patients. On a frequent basis, many people are exposed to apparently healthy, but infected, domestic and wild animals, the arthropod vectors with which these animals have co-evolved, and the bacterial, protozoal and other pathogens for which various animals are reservoirs. Unsuspected zoonotic transmission by scratch, bite, or vector exposures can result in chronic, indolent, or potentially life-threatening infections. Methods: In December 2016, at 2 years of age, a male child residing in Ontario, Canada received facial scratches from a feral cat. In August 2018, seizures began 8 days after the child developed a focal, suspected insect bite rash. In June 2019, potential mold toxicity in the child's bedroom was assessed by fungal culture and urinary mycotoxin assays. Beginning in January 2022, Results: Although there was historical cat and suspected tick exposures, serological testing for Conclusions: Infection with

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PMCPMC11905044

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