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ReviewCanadian journal of gastroenterology & hepatology2016

Common Symptoms from an Uncommon Infection: Gastrointestinal Anisakiasis.

Yuto Shimamura, Niroshan Muwanwella, Sujievvan Chandran, Gabor Kandel, Norman Marcon

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In one paragraph

Review in Canadian journal of gastroenterology & hepatology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 44 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
44citing papers in PubMed
7.1field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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

44 citing papers in PubMed, 93 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. The Role ofPathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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  8. Anisakidae and Anisakidosis: A Public Health Perspective.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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  11. As the Worm Turns-A Rare Cause of Intestinal Obstruction.Digestive diseases and sciences · 2024
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  12. The journal of allergy and clinical immunology. Global · 2024
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  14. An Epidemiological Update onPathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023
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  16. Anisakiasis in the Upper Esophagus: A Case Report.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2023
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  20. Gastric Anisakiasis Masquerading as Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease.Case reports in gastrointestinal medicine · 2023
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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 1 institution in 1 country.

Yuto ShimamuraDivision of Gastroenterology, St. Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, 30 Bond Street, Toronto, ON, Canada M5B 1W8.ORCID 0000-0003-4107-9264
Niroshan MuwanwellaDivision of Gastroenterology, St. Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, 30 Bond Street, Toronto, ON, Canada M5B 1W8.
Sujievvan ChandranDivision of Gastroenterology, St. Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, 30 Bond Street, Toronto, ON, Canada M5B 1W8.
Gabor KandelDivision of Gastroenterology, St. Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, 30 Bond Street, Toronto, ON, Canada M5B 1W8.
Norman MarconDivision of Gastroenterology, St. Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, 30 Bond Street, Toronto, ON, Canada M5B 1W8.ORCID 0000-0003-2799-7982
St. Michael's Hospital · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Clinicians can be forgiven for thinking of anisakiasis as a rare condition low in the differential diagnosis of abdominal pain. Gastrointestinal anisakiasis is a zoonotic parasitic disease caused by consumption of raw or undercooked seafood infected with nematodes of the genus

Indexed as

Abdominal PainAnimalsAnisakiasisAnisakisDiagnosis, DifferentialFoodborne DiseasesHumansSeafood

Identifiers

PMID27800471
PMCPMC5075291
OpenAlexW2527797081

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