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ArticleThe American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene2017

Peter Sothmann, Christian Keller, Ralf Krumkamp, Benno Kreuels, Cassandra Aldrich, Nimako Sarpong, Stefanie Steierberg, Doris Winter, Kennedy Gyau Boahen, Ellis Owusu-Dabo and 2 more

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Article in The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
10citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 37% 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

10 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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  10. Microbial Pre-exposure and Vectorial Competence ofFrontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2017
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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

12 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Peter SothmannDivision of Tropical Medicine, 1st Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
Christian KellerInstitute of Virology, University Hospital Giessen and Marburg, Marburg, Germany.
Ralf KrumkampInfectious Disease Epidemiology, Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany.
Benno KreuelsDivision of Tropical Medicine, 1st Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
Cassandra AldrichInfectious Disease Epidemiology, Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany.
Nimako SarpongKumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana.
Stefanie SteierbergInfectious Disease Epidemiology, Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany.
Doris WinterInfectious Disease Epidemiology, Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany.
Kennedy Gyau BoahenKumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana.
Ellis Owusu-DaboKumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana.
Jürgen MayInfectious Disease Epidemiology, Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany.
Daniel EibachInfectious Disease Epidemiology, Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany.
Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine · DEGerman Center for Infection Research · DEKumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine · GHKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology · GHUniversitätsklinikum Gießen und Marburg · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

AbstractRickettsial infections are an underrecognized cause of febrile illness in sub-Saharan Africa. To evaluate the epidemiology and clinical features of rickettsial disease in pediatric patients in Ghana, we screened blood samples from febrile children aged less than 15 years presenting to an outpatient department in Ghana's Ashanti Region for the presence of rickettsial DNA. We detected

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Anti-Bacterial AgentsAntimalarialsArtemisininsChildFemaleGhanaHumansInfantMalaria, FalciparumMaleRickettsia felisRickettsia InfectionsAnti-Bacterial AgentsAntimalarialsartemisininArtemisinins

Identifiers

PMID28115672
PMCPMC5392620
OpenAlexW2580113356

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Registered trials

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