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ArticleAfrican journal of infectious diseases2017

PREVALENCE OF

Renay Ngobeni, Amidou Samie

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Article in African journal of infectious diseases, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 32% 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

6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
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  4. Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022
    Review
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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

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Renay NgobeniMolecular Parasitology and Opportunistic Infections Program, Department of Microbiology, School of Mathematical and Natural Sciences, University of Venda, South Africa.
Amidou SamieMolecular Parasitology and Opportunistic Infections Program, Department of Microbiology, School of Mathematical and Natural Sciences, University of Venda, South Africa.
University of Venda · ZA

Funding

Global Infectious Disease Research Training Program at UVAD43TW006578 · FIC · UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA CHARLOTTESVILLE · PI GUERRANT, RICHARD L · 2003 to 2018
$2.7M
FIC NIH HHS D43 TW006578
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundMATERIALS AND

methodsThe study was conducted in the Vhembe District in Limpopo province from April 2012 to January 2013. A well-structured questionnaire was used to collect socio-demographic information and possible risk factor information on toxoplasmosis from participants. A total of 161 blood samples of both HIV positive and negative patients visiting the local clinics in the Vhembe district were collected. Serum samples were tested for IgG and IgM against

resultsThe prevalence of

conclusionsThe present study has shown a high prevalence of

Indexed as

ELISAHIVOpportunistic infectionsSero-prevalenceToxoplasma gondii

Identifiers

PMID28670634
PMCPMC5476807
OpenAlexW2621769617

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Registered trials

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