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ArticleJournal of clinical microbiology2015

Molecular Diagnosis of Abdominal Armillifer grandis Pentastomiasis in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Dennis Tappe, Mihály Sulyok, Lajos Rózsa, Birgit Muntau, Alexandra Haeupler, Imre Bodó, Richard Hardi

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Article in Journal of clinical microbiology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 22% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 11 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 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Dennis TappeBernhard Nocht Institute, Hamburg, Germany tappe@bnitm.de.
Mihály SulyokInstitute of Tropical Medicine, Eberhard Karls University, Tübingen, Germany.
Lajos RózsaMTA-ELTE-MTM Ecology Research Group, Budapest, Hungary Department of Evolutionary Zoology and Human Biology, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary.
Birgit MuntauBernhard Nocht Institute, Hamburg, Germany.
Alexandra HaeuplerBernhard Nocht Institute, Hamburg, Germany.
Imre BodóDepartment of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Richard HardiSt. Raphael Ophthalmological Center, Ophthalmological Ambulance, Mbuji Mayi, Democratic Republic of Congo.
Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine · DEEmory University · USEötvös Loránd University · HUUniversity of Tübingen · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pentastomiasis is an emerging snake-borne parasitic zoonosis in the tropics. We describe a molecular and morphological study to diagnose a cluster of asymptomatic abdominal human infections caused by Armillifer grandis. The findings may indicate a silent epidemic in a rural area where severe symptomatic ocular cases with the same parasite species have recently surfaced. Molecular diagnostics are of increasing importance when patient material from remote areas cannot be thoroughly examined locally for logistic reasons.

Indexed as

AnimalsAsymptomatic DiseasesDemocratic Republic of the CongoHistocytochemistryHumansIntraabdominal InfectionsMicroscopyParasitic DiseasesPentastomidaRural PopulationZoonoses

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PMID25948609
PMCPMC4473205
OpenAlexW1917846801

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