Evidence map›Paper›PMID 28903998›Full record

ReviewOpen biology2017

Shape, form, function and

Jack Sunter, Keith Gull

Erratum issuedAbstract readReview
In one paragraph

Review in Open biology, 2017. 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 87 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
87citing 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

87 citing papers in PubMed.

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  6. Immunosuppressant activity and morphological changes inAvicenna journal of phytomedicine · 2026
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  11. Iridoids fromMolecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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  12. Circulation aspects of phlebotomines (Diptera:Journal of parasitic diseases : official organ of the Indian Society for Parasitology · 2025
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  20. Journal of parasitic diseases : official organ of the Indian Society for Parasitology · 2024
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27 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Jack SunterDepartment of Biological and Medical Sciences, Oxford Brookes University, Headington Campus, Oxford OX3 0BP, UK jsunter@brookes.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0002-2836-9622
Keith GullSir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3RE, UK.

Funding

Wellcome Trust 104627/Z/14/ZWellcome Trust 108445/Z/15/ZWellcome Trust WT066839MA
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The shape and form of protozoan parasites are inextricably linked to their pathogenicity. The evolutionary pressure associated with establishing and maintaining an infection and transmission to vector or host has shaped parasite morphology. However, there is not a 'one size fits all' morphological solution to these different pressures, and parasites exhibit a range of different morphologies, reflecting the diversity of their complex life cycles. In this review, we will focus on the shape and form of

Indexed as

AnimalsFlagellaHumansInsect VectorsLeishmaniaLeishmaniasis, CutaneousLeishmaniasis, VisceralLife Cycle StagesMacrophagesPhlebotomusPsychodidaeLeishmaniamorphologyparasitepathogenicity

Identifiers

PMID28903998
PMCPMC5627057

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Registered trials

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