Evidence map›Paper›PMID 42347256›Full record

ArticlePathogens (Basel, Switzerland)2026

Subclinical Anthrax Exposure in Railroad Workers Following Soil Disruption in an Endemic Region: A Seroprevalence Study in Kars, Türkiye.

Ozgur Celebi, Hugh Dyson, Thomas R Laws, Fatih Buyuk, Mehmet Doganay, Mitat Sahin, Les Baillie

Erratum issuedAbstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 1 paper.

0numbers the graph read from it
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.

  1. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Ozgur CelebiDepartment of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Kafkas University, Kars 36100, Türkiye.ORCID 0000-0002-3478-008X
Hugh DysonDefence Science and Technology Laboratory, CBR Division, Porton Down, Salisbury SP4 0JQ, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-3274-7603
Thomas R LawsDefence Science and Technology Laboratory, CBR Division, Porton Down, Salisbury SP4 0JQ, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-0142-9162
Fatih BuyukDepartment of Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Kafkas University, Kars 36300, Türkiye.ORCID 0000-0003-3278-4834
Mehmet DoganayDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Lokman Hekim University, Ankara 06530, Türkiye.ORCID 0000-0003-3922-4901
Mitat SahinDepartment of Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Kafkas University, Kars 36300, Türkiye.ORCID 0000-0003-0106-5677
Les BaillieDepartment of Microbiology, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff CF10 3NB, UK.

Funding

Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs 0000The UK International Biosecurity Programme (IBSP) 0000
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

During construction of the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railroad between Kars City in Türkiye and Tbilisi in Georgia, blasting operations in an anthrax-endemic region disrupted a burial pit containing carcasses of cattle that had died of anthrax. Railroad workers expressed concerns that release of this material could result in them developing anthrax infection. We therefore undertook a seroprevalence study six months later to seek evidence of exposure to

Indexed as

AnthraxAntibodies, BacterialBacillus anthracisOccupational ExposureRailroadsAdultAnimalsAntigens, BacterialBacterial ToxinsEnzyme-Linked Immunosorbent AssayFemaleHumansImmunoglobulin GMaleMiddle AgedSeroepidemiologic Studiesanthrax toxinAntibodies, BacterialAntigens, BacterialBacterial ToxinsImmunoglobulin GBacillus anthracisKars regionoccupational exposurerailroad workersseroprevalencesubclinical infection

Identifiers

PMID42347256
PMCPMC13306045

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.