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ArticlePathogens (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Edward B Breitschwerdt, Ricardo G Maggi, Janice C Bush, Emily Kingston

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Article in Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
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. Article
  2. Autonomic Dysfunction in Patients withPathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
    Article
  3. Review
  4. Molecular Detection ofPathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
    Article
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 BreitschwerdtIntracellular Pathogens Research Laboratory, Comparative Medicine Institute, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27607, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3506-0279
Ricardo G MaggiIntracellular Pathogens Research Laboratory, Comparative Medicine Institute, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27607, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7428-0138
Janice C BushIntracellular Pathogens Research Laboratory, Comparative Medicine Institute, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27607, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2436-4573
Emily KingstonIntracellular Pathogens Research Laboratory, Comparative Medicine Institute, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27607, USA.ORCID 0009-0004-7871-7519

Funding

60 Degrees 535955Intracellular Pathogens Research Laboratory Foundation 681856Steven & Alexandra Cohen Foundation 531459
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) is a medical condition characterized by extreme fatigue lasting at least 6 months. Based upon case reports, patients infected with

Indexed as

BabesiaBabesiosisBartonellaBartonella InfectionsDNA, BacterialDNA, ProtozoanFatigue Syndrome, ChronicAdultBlood CultureCase-Control StudiesFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedPolymerase Chain ReactionYoung AdultDNA, BacterialDNA, ProtozoanBabesiaBartonellaenrichment culturefleainfectionPCRtickvector

Identifiers

PMID41598986
PMCPMC12844623

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