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ArticleIndian journal of dermatology

Scrub Typhus: An Emerging Threat.

Sayantani Chakraborty, Nilendu Sarma

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Article in Indian journal of dermatology. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 52 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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52citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
5.0field-weighted citation impact, top 4% 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

52 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 138 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Imaging in scrub typhus - a pictorial review.Abdominal radiology (New York) · 2026
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  3. Epidemiological Trends and Patterns of Scrub Typhus in India: A Retrospective Analysis Based on Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme (IDSP) Data (2009-2018).Indian journal of community medicine : official publication of Indian Association of Preventive & Social Medicine · 2026
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  20. Eco-epidemiology triad to explain infectious diseases.The Indian journal of medical research · 2023
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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.

Sayantani ChakrabortyDepartment of Dermatology, R. G. Kar Medical College, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
Nilendu SarmaDepartment of Dermatology, Dr. B. C. Roy Postgraduate Institute of Pediatric Science, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
R. G. Kar Medical College and Hospital · IN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Scrub typhus is caused by

Indexed as

IndiaOrientia tsutsugamushiRickettsiascrub typhusSouth East AsiaTrombiculidae

Identifiers

PMID28979009
PMCPMC5618834
OpenAlexW2759278526

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