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ArticlePathogens (Basel, Switzerland)2026

Zika Virus Pathogenicity Versus Transmissibility. Comment on Roozitalab et al. Distinct Virologic Properties of African and Epidemic Zika Virus Strains: The Role of the Envelope Protein in Viral Entry, Immune Activation, and Neuropathogenesis.

Manfred Weidmann, Oumar Faye, Martin Faye

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Article in Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland), 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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0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
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

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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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

3 authors.

Manfred WeidmannInstitute of Animal Hygiene and Veterinary Public Health, Leipzig University, 04109 Leipzig, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-7063-7491
Oumar FayeInstitut Pasteur de Dakar, Dakar 10000, Senegal.ORCID 0000-0002-3478-1322
Martin FayeInstitut Pasteur de Dakar, Dakar 10000, Senegal.ORCID 0000-0003-3207-6344

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Interest in Zika virus (ZIKV,

Indexed as

Viral Envelope ProteinsZika VirusZika Virus InfectionAfricaAnimalsHumansVirulenceVirus InternalizationViral Envelope Proteins

Identifiers

PMID41599051
PMCPMC12844786

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