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ArticlePLoS neglected tropical diseases2017

Mobile-phone and handheld microscopy for neglected tropical diseases.

Jason Rajchgot, Jean T Coulibaly, Jennifer Keiser, Jürg Utzinger, Nathan C Lo, Michael K Mondry, Jason R Andrews, Isaac I Bogoch

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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 13 papers.

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13citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

13 citing papers in PubMed.

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  6. A review on low-cost microscopes for Open Science.Microscopy research and technique · 2022
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  8. Smartphone-based intraocular lens microscope.Indian journal of ophthalmology · 2020
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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

8 authors.

Jason RajchgotDepartment of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
Jean T CoulibalyUnité de Formation et de Recherche Biosciences, Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire.
Jennifer KeiserSwiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland.
Jürg UtzingerSwiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland.
Nathan C LoDivision of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America.
Michael K MondryDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America.
Jason R AndrewsDivision of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America.
Isaac I BogochDepartment of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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Indexed as

Cell PhoneDeveloping CountriesHumansMicroscopyNeglected DiseasesTropical Medicine

Identifiers

PMID28683127
PMCPMC5499985

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