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ReviewTrends in parasitology2013

Schistosomiasis in African infants and preschool children: let them now be treated!

J Russell Stothard, José C Sousa-Figueiredo, Martha Betson, Amaya Bustinduy, Jutta Reinhard-Rupp

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Review in Trends in parasitology, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 110 papers, 10 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
110citing papers in PubMed, 10 pooled it
13.5field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
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

110 citing papers in PubMed, 10 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 204 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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

5 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

J Russell StothardParasitology Department, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool, L3 5QA, UK. jrstoth@liv.ac.uk
José C Sousa-Figueiredo
Martha Betson
Amaya Bustinduy
Jutta Reinhard-Rupp
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine · GBLondon School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine · GBMerck Serono (Switzerland) · CHRoyal Veterinary College · GB

Funding

Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The occurrence of schistosomiasis within African infants and preschool children has been much better documented in recent years, revealing an important burden of disease previously overlooked. Despite mounting evidence showing that treatment with praziquantel is safe, beneficial, and could be delivered within ongoing public health interventions, young children still do not have satisfactory access to this drug, and a significant treatment gap exists. Progress towards resolution of this unfortunate health inequity is highlighted, including the development of an appropriate paediatric praziquantel formulation, and present blocks are identified on securing this issue within the international health agenda.

Indexed as

AfricaAnimalsAnthelminticsChild, PreschoolHumansInfantPraziquantelPrevalencePublic HealthSchistosomiasisAnthelminticsPraziquantel

Identifiers

PMID23465781
PMCPMC3878762
OpenAlexW2131854377

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Registered trials

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