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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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.
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
20 authors.
Andrea MatucciDepartment of Infectious, Tropical Diseases and Microbiology, IRCCS Sacro Cuore Don Calabria Hospital, Negrar di Valpolicella, 37024 Verona, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-9368-850X
Salvatore ScarsoDepartment of Infectious, Tropical Diseases and Microbiology, IRCCS Sacro Cuore Don Calabria Hospital, Negrar di Valpolicella, 37024 Verona, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-2956-8997
Graziana Da RoldIstituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie (IZSVe), Centro Specialistico Fauna Selvatica, SCT2-Belluno, 32100 Belluno, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-4935-0349
Federica ObberIstituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie (IZSVe), Centro Specialistico Fauna Selvatica, SCT2-Belluno, 32100 Belluno, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-5459-7880
Filippo MarzoliIstituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie (IZSVe), Centro Specialistico Fauna Selvatica, SCT2-Belluno, 32100 Belluno, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-8761-8206
Andrea RagusaDepartment of Infectious, Tropical Diseases and Microbiology, IRCCS Sacro Cuore Don Calabria Hospital, Negrar di Valpolicella, 37024 Verona, Italy.
Fabio FormentiDepartment of Infectious, Tropical Diseases and Microbiology, IRCCS Sacro Cuore Don Calabria Hospital, Negrar di Valpolicella, 37024 Verona, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-3203-0872
Davide TreggiariDepartment of Infectious, Tropical Diseases and Microbiology, IRCCS Sacro Cuore Don Calabria Hospital, Negrar di Valpolicella, 37024 Verona, Italy.
Antonio MoriDepartment of Infectious, Tropical Diseases and Microbiology, IRCCS Sacro Cuore Don Calabria Hospital, Negrar di Valpolicella, 37024 Verona, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-2845-5931
Cristina MazziClinical Research Unit, IRCCS Sacro Cuore Don Calabria Hospital, Negrar di Valpolicella, 37024 Verona, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-4561-3447
Andrea TedescoDepartment of Infectious, Tropical Diseases and Microbiology, IRCCS Sacro Cuore Don Calabria Hospital, Negrar di Valpolicella, 37024 Verona, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-5097-1890
Pietro SpongaDepartment of Infectious, Tropical Diseases and Microbiology, IRCCS Sacro Cuore Don Calabria Hospital, Negrar di Valpolicella, 37024 Verona, Italy.
Giulia BertoliDepartment of Infectious, Tropical Diseases and Microbiology, IRCCS Sacro Cuore Don Calabria Hospital, Negrar di Valpolicella, 37024 Verona, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-4175-1620
Lucia MoroDepartment of Infectious, Tropical Diseases and Microbiology, IRCCS Sacro Cuore Don Calabria Hospital, Negrar di Valpolicella, 37024 Verona, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-6017-1181
Concetta CastillettiDepartment of Infectious, Tropical Diseases and Microbiology, IRCCS Sacro Cuore Don Calabria Hospital, Negrar di Valpolicella, 37024 Verona, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-9819-236X
Carlo Vittorio CitterioIstituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie (IZSVe), Centro Specialistico Fauna Selvatica, SCT2-Belluno, 32100 Belluno, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-4482-1295
Dora BuonfrateDepartment of Infectious, Tropical Diseases and Microbiology, IRCCS Sacro Cuore Don Calabria Hospital, Negrar di Valpolicella, 37024 Verona, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-0108-6822
Federico Giovanni GobbiDepartment of Infectious, Tropical Diseases and Microbiology, IRCCS Sacro Cuore Don Calabria Hospital, Negrar di Valpolicella, 37024 Verona, Italy.
Francesca PerandinDepartment of Infectious, Tropical Diseases and Microbiology, IRCCS Sacro Cuore Don Calabria Hospital, Negrar di Valpolicella, 37024 Verona, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-3933-3892
Chiara PiubelliDepartment of Infectious, Tropical Diseases and Microbiology, IRCCS Sacro Cuore Don Calabria Hospital, Negrar di Valpolicella, 37024 Verona, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-5739-3795
Funding
Ministero della Salute "Fondi Ricerca Corrente" to IRCCS Sacro Cuore Don Calabria Hospital-L1P7Ministero dell'università e della ricerca Project no. PE00000007, INF-ACT
6 · The paper itself
Abstract
This study aimed primarily to evaluate the performance of two Conformité Européenne-In Vitro Diagnostic (CE-IVD) multiplex real-time PCR (rt-PCR) assays for the molecular identification of tick-borne pathogens (TBPs) of human interest on ticks removed from human skin and collected through a citizen science-based approach. As a secondary objective, the aggregated results were used to describe tick species distribution, developmental stages, and seasonal TBP circulation in 2024 in the considered area. The comparison was conducted on 116 tick samples collected in 2024 voluntarily delivered to a hospital in northeastern Italy. Detected TBPs were further confirmed with in-house-validated PCR methods and, where applicable, resolved to the species level. Clinically relevant pathogen species were identified as single infections or coinfections. Overall, 33.6% of tick samples tested positive for at least one TBP, and 6.9% showed coinfections. Kit B exhibited a higher detection rate for
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