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ArticlePLoS neglected tropical diseases2016

Leprosy Diagnostic Test Development As a Prerequisite Towards Elimination: Requirements from the User's Perspective.

Edith Roset Bahmanyar, William Cairns Smith, Patrick Brennan, Ray Cummings, Malcolm Duthie, Jan Hendrik Richardus, Paul Saunderson, Tin Shwe, Steven Rosen, Annemieke Geluk

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Article in PLoS neglected tropical diseases, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers, 1 of them a synthesis 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

The trial behind it

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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

18 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  16. Leprosy in Children.Current infectious disease reports · 2017
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  17. Interpreting data in policy & control: The case of leprosy.The Indian journal of medical research · 2017
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Edith Roset BahmanyarNovartis Foundation, Novartis Campus, Basel, Switzerland.
William Cairns SmithSchool of Medicine, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom.
Patrick BrennanDepartment of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America.
Ray CummingsPATH, Seattle, Washington, United States of America.
Malcolm DuthieInfectious Disease Research Institute, Seattle, Washington, United States of America.
Jan Hendrik RichardusDepartment of Public Health, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Paul SaundersonAmerican Leprosy Missions, Greenville, South Carolina, United States of America.
Tin ShweAmerican Leprosy Missions, Yangon, Myanmar.
Steven RosenNovartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, East Hanover, New Jersey, United States of America.
Annemieke GelukDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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Indexed as

Diagnostic Tests, RoutineDisease EradicationDisease Transmission, InfectiousGlobal HealthHumansLeprosyPredictive Value of TestsSensitivity and Specificity

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PMID26866699
PMCPMC4750857

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