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ArticlePLoS neglected tropical diseases2015

Should the Goal for the Treatment of Soil Transmitted Helminth (STH) Infections Be Changed from Morbidity Control in Children to Community-Wide Transmission Elimination?

Roy M Anderson, Hugo C Turner, James E Truscott, T Déirdre Hollingsworth, Simon J Brooker

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Article in PLoS neglected tropical diseases, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 83 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

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83 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Roy M AndersonLondon Centre for Neglected Tropical Disease Research, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, School of Public Health, St. Marys Campus, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom.
Hugo C TurnerLondon Centre for Neglected Tropical Disease Research, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, School of Public Health, St. Marys Campus, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom.
James E TruscottLondon Centre for Neglected Tropical Disease Research, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, School of Public Health, St. Marys Campus, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom.
T Déirdre HollingsworthMathematics Institute, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom; School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom.
Simon J BrookerFaculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom.

Funding

Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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PMID26291538
PMCPMC4546270

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