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Observational studyEpidemiology and infection2013

Epidemiological and clinical description of the top three reportable parasitic diseases in a Canadian community.

A Ravel, A Nesbitt, K Pintar, A Macarthur, H-L Wang, B Marshall, F Pollari

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Observational study in Epidemiology and infection, 2013. 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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1.0field-weighted citation impact, top 27% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

A RavelLaboratory for Foodborne Zoonoses, Public Health Agency of Canada, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada.
A NesbittCentre for Food-borne, Environmental and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Public Health Agency of Canada, Guelph, Ontario, Canada.
K PintarLaboratory for Foodborne Zoonoses, Public Health Agency of Canada, Guelph, Ontario, Canada.
A MacarthurRegion of Waterloo Public Health, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
H-L WangRegion of Waterloo Public Health, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
B MarshallCentre for Food-borne, Environmental and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Public Health Agency of Canada, Guelph, Ontario, Canada.
F PollariCentre for Food-borne, Environmental and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Public Health Agency of Canada, Guelph, Ontario, Canada.
Public Health Agency of Canada · CARegional Municipality of Waterloo · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study provides a comprehensive epidemio-clinical picture of sporadic, domestically acquired cases of amoebiasis, cryptosporidiosis and giardiasis in one Canadian community based on patient symptom, outcome and exposure data from an enhanced surveillance system. It yields valuable data for estimating the burden of those diseases including the proportion of bloody diarrhoea, hospitalization, and disease duration. Age differences were observed by incidence rate and for some clinical information and exposures to risk factors. For each of the three diseases, the animal/environment-to-person route was the most common possible main transmission route according to the exposure reported, whereas the person-to-person route was the least common. Exposure was higher for the 10-24 years age group of giardiasis cases for swimming in recreational waters (79%) and attending a barbeque (50%). Therefore, comparisons between groups of cases or extrapolation of results when estimating the burden of illness should be adjusted for age.

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AdolescentAdultAgedAged, 80 and overAge FactorsAmebiasisChildChild, PreschoolCryptosporidiosisDisease NotificationEnvironmental ExposureEpidemiological MonitoringFemaleGiardiasisHumansIncidence

Identifiers

PMID22631610
PMCPMC3539240
OpenAlexW2149214307

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