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SynthesisMalaria journal2014

Declining malaria in Africa: improving the measurement of progress.

Peter W Gething, Katherine E Battle, Samir Bhatt, David L Smith, Thomas P Eisele, Richard E Cibulskis, Simon I Hay

Abstract readSystematic Review
In one paragraph

Synthesis in Malaria journal, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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28citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
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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

28 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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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

7 authors.

Peter W GethingDepartment of Zoology, Spatial Ecology and Epidemiology Group, Tinbergen Building, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, UK. peter.gething@zoo.ox.ac.uk.
Katherine E Battle
Samir Bhatt
David L Smith
Thomas P Eisele
Richard E Cibulskis
Simon I Hay

Funding

Transmission ProjectU19AI089674 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI MATTHEW G DORSEY · 2010 to 2026
$29.3M
Medical Research Council MR/K00669X/1NIAID NIH HHS U19 AI089674NIAID NIH HHS U19AI089674Wellcome Trust 095066World Health Organization 001
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The dramatic escalation of malaria control activities in Africa since the year 2000 has increased the importance of accurate measurements of impact on malaria epidemiology and burden. This study presents a systematic review of the emerging published evidence base on trends in malaria risk in Africa and argues that more systematic, timely, and empirically-based approaches are urgently needed to track the rapidly evolving landscape of transmission.

Indexed as

Epidemiologic MethodsAfricaCommunicable Disease ControlHumansMalaria

Identifiers

PMID24479555
PMCPMC3930350

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