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ArticlePLoS neglected tropical diseases2017

Should the WHO withdraw support for mass deworming?

Kevin Croke, Joan Hamory Hicks, Eric Hsu, Michael Kremer, Edward Miguel

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Article in PLoS neglected tropical diseases, 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.

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7citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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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.

  1. Prevalence of intestinal parasitic infections in Brazil: a systematic review.Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical · 2021
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  7. Empowering Girls and Women through Hookworm Prevention.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2018
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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.

Kevin CrokeWorld Bank, Washington DC, United States of America.
Joan Hamory HicksCenter for Effective Global Action, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California, United States of America.
Eric HsuDepartment of Economics, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California, United States of America.
Michael KremerDepartment of Economics, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America.
Edward MiguelDepartment of Economics, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California, United States of America.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6927-709X

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Mass Drug AdministrationWorld Health OrganizationAnthelminticsHelminthiasisHumansNeglected DiseasesTropical MedicineAnthelmintics

Identifiers

PMID28594928
PMCPMC5464521

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