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ArticleSAGE open medical case reports2017

First record of locally acquired human babesiosis in Canada caused by

John D Scott

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Article in SAGE open medical case reports, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
18citing papers in PubMed
3.0field-weighted citation impact, top 9% 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

18 citing papers in PubMed, 25 citations in OpenAlex.

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  13. Detection and Transstadial Passage ofHealthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2019
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  16. Dogs (Veterinary sciences · 2018
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  17. Far-Reaching Dispersal ofHealthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2018
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  18. Human Babesiosis Caused byHealthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 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

1 author.

John D ScottResearch Division, Lyme Ontario, Fergus, ON, Canada.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesThe aim of this clinical assessment was to ascertain whether a 70-year-old Canadian patient, who had no history of out-of-country travel, had contracted a

methodsThe adult human male developed constitutional symptoms, which included sweats, chills, and immobilizing fatigue, and was screened for human babesiosis. Subsequent testing included a complete

resultsBoth the IgM serology and the molecular FISH RNA probe were positive for

conclusionsThis is the first report of a locally acquired case of human babesiosis in Canada caused by

Indexed as

Babesia duncanibabesial piroplasmCanadacase presentationHuman babesiosisparasitemia

Identifiers

PMID28890784
PMCPMC5580841
OpenAlexW2752923184

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