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Trial reportThe American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene2017

Efficacy, Safety and Cost-Effectiveness of Thermotherapy in the Treatment of

Wardha F Refai, Nayani P Madarasingha, Buthsiri Sumanasena, Sudath Weerasingha, Amala De Silva, Rohini Fernandopulle, Abhay R Satoskar, Nadira D Karunaweera

Open access · bronzeAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
In one paragraph

Trial report 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 17 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
17citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.7field-weighted citation impact, top 10% 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

17 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 31 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. How I Approach Leishmaniasis: Diagnosis and Treatment in the United States.Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society · 2022
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  10. Heat therapy for cutaneous leishmaniasis: A literature Review.Journal of research in medical sciences : the official journal of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences · 2021
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  14. Emerging Trends in Clinical Tropical Medicine Research.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2019
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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 at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Wardha F RefaiPostgraduate Institute of Medicine, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Nayani P MadarasinghaTeaching Hospital Anuradhapura, Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka.
Buthsiri SumanasenaTeaching Hospital Anuradhapura, Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka.
Sudath WeerasinghaDepartment of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Amala De SilvaDepartment of Economics, University of Colombo, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Rohini FernandopulleDepartment of Pharmacolology, Kotelawala Defense University, Ratmalana, Sri Lanka.
Abhay R SatoskarDepartment of Microbiology, The Ohio State University, Ohio.
Nadira D KarunaweeraDepartment of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
University of Colombo · LKGeneral Sir John Kotelawala Defence University · LKThe Ohio State University · US

Funding

Epidemiology and transmission of Leishmania donovani infections in Sri Lanka and BhutanU01AI136033 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO · PI KARUNAWEERA, NADIRA DHARSHANI, ZHOU, GUOFA · 2017 to 2021
$2.0M
Study of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Sri Lanka caused by L.donovaniR01AI099602 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO · PI KARUNAWEERA, NADIRA DHARSHANI · 2012 to 2016
$635k
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI099602NIAID NIH HHS U01 AI136033
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Hyperthermia, InducedLeishmania donovaniAdolescentAdultAntimony Sodium GluconateChildFemaleHumansLeishmaniasis, CutaneousLeishmaniasis, VisceralMaleMiddle AgedYoung AdultAntimony Sodium Gluconate

Identifiers

PMID28820681
PMCPMC5637590
OpenAlexW2747466986

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Registered trials

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