The ectoparasites and gastrointestinal helminths associated with Smith's bush squirrel (

Inge Raubenheimer, Conrad A Matthee, Alexandr Stekolnikov, Jeanette Wentzel, Lourens Swanepoel, Sonja Matthee

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Article in Parasitology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

Mitochondrial DNA phylogeography of a species-specific sucking louse, Johnsonpthirus heliosciuri, act as a proxy to provide insights into the population connectivity of its host, smith's bush squirrels, Paraxerus cepapi.Parasitology research · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Inge RaubenheimerDepartment of Conservation Ecology and Entomology, Stellenbosch University, Matieland, South Africa.

Conrad A MattheeEvolutionary Genomics Group, Department of Botany and Zoology, Stellenbosch University, Matieland, South Africa.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6836-069X

Alexandr StekolnikovLaboratory of Parasitic Arthropods, Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Saint Petersburg, Russia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7548-2671

Jeanette WentzelHans Hoheisen Wildlife Research Station, Department of Veterinary Tropical Diseases, University of Pretoria, Onderstepoort, South Africa.

Lourens SwanepoelSARChI Chair in Biodiversity Value and Change, Faculty of Science, Engineering and Agriculture, University of Venda, Thohoyandou, South Africa.

Sonja MattheeDepartment of Conservation Ecology and Entomology, Stellenbosch University, Matieland, South Africa.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7289-6262

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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Indexed as

Ectoparasitic InfestationsHelminthiasis, AnimalHelminthsIntestinal Diseases, ParasiticRodent DiseasesSciuridaeAnimalsFemaleMalePrevalenceSouth Africaectoparasite diversityGastrointestinal helminthsParaxerus cepapiSmith’s bush squirrelSouth Africa

Identifiers

PMID41298305

DOI10.1017/S0031182025101261

PMCPMC13215735

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