ArticlePLoS neglected tropical diseases2009
Conducting research in disease outbreaks.
Article in PLoS neglected tropical diseases, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Who cites it
8 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Ethical reporting and oversight in outbreak investigations conducted in India, 2015-2025: a systematic review.BMC medical ethics · 2026Pooled it
- Strategies for controlling communicable diseases in Afghanistan: a realist review.BMC public health · 2025Pooled it
- Pooled it
- PREVAIL I Cluster Vaccination Study With rVSVΔG-ZEBOV-GP as Part of a Public Health Response in Liberia.The Journal of infectious diseases · 2019Trial
- Importance of outbreak response research in bridging knowledge gaps on emerging infectious diseases.BMJ global health · 2025Article
- Research ethics during infectious disease outbreaks: A survey of African research stakeholders using the Ebola virus disease outbreak as a case.Journal of public health in Africa · 2023Article
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- The Ebola clinical trials: a precedent for research ethics in disasters.Journal of medical ethics · 2018Article
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