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ArticleInfection2017

Louse-borne relapsing fever in a refugee from Mali.

Cecilia Grecchi, Paola Zanotti, Agostina Pontarelli, Erika Chiari, Lina Rachele Tomasoni, Maurizio Gulletta, Anna Barbui, Silvio Caligaris, Alberto Matteelli, Francesco Castelli

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Article in Infection, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
7citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 23% 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

7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Prevalence of Lyme Disease and Relapsing FeverPathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024
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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

10 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Cecilia GrecchiUniversity Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, University of Brescia and Brescia Spedali Civili General Hospital, Brescia, Italy. cecigrecchi@gmail.com.
Paola ZanottiUniversity Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, University of Brescia and Brescia Spedali Civili General Hospital, Brescia, Italy.
Agostina PontarelliInfectious Diseases and Viral Hepatitis Unit, Department of Internal and Specialistic Medicine, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy.
Erika ChiariUniversity Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, University of Brescia and Brescia Spedali Civili General Hospital, Brescia, Italy.
Lina Rachele TomasoniSSVD of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Spedali Civili General Hospital, Brescia, Italy.
Maurizio GullettaSSVD of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Spedali Civili General Hospital, Brescia, Italy.
Anna BarbuiSC Microbiology and Virology U, AOU CDSS Molinette Hospital, Turin, Italy.
Silvio CaligarisSSVD of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Spedali Civili General Hospital, Brescia, Italy.
Alberto MatteelliUniversity Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, University of Brescia and Brescia Spedali Civili General Hospital, Brescia, Italy.
Francesco CastelliUniversity Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, University of Brescia and Brescia Spedali Civili General Hospital, Brescia, Italy.
Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale degli Spedali Civili di Brescia · ITUniversity of Brescia · ITFondazione Ricerca Molinette · ITUniversity of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli" · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionDue to the increasing number of refugees from East Africa, louse-borne relapsing fever (LBRF) has become an emergent disease in Europe. No single case of LBRF has been reported in Europe in refugees from other parts of Africa. CASE REPORT: We report a case of LBRF in a refugee from Mali, likely acquired in Libya, where several migration routes into Europe meet. The disease must be considered in any febrile refugee regardless the country of origin.

Indexed as

RefugeesAmikacinAnimalsAnti-Bacterial AgentsBorreliaCeftriaxoneDNA, BacterialDoxycyclineHumansItalyLibyaMaleMaliPediculusRelapsing FeverRNA, Ribosomal, 16SAmikacinAnti-Bacterial AgentsCeftriaxoneDNA, BacterialDoxycyclineRNA, Ribosomal, 16SBorrelia recurrentisEuropeFeverLibyaLouse-borne recurrentis feverMaliMigrantsPediculus humanus humanusRefugee

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PMID28161771
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