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ArticleParasite epidemiology and control2017

An epidemiological survey of porcine cysticercosis in Nyasa District, Ruvuma Region, Tanzania.

Seria M Shonyela, Ernatus M Mkupasi, Sikasunge C Sikalizyo, Evance M Kabemba, Helena A Ngowi, Isaac Phiri

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Article in Parasite epidemiology and control, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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16citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.2field-weighted citation impact, top 12% 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

16 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 38 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Seria M ShonyelaP.O. BOX 14 Songea, Ruvuma, Tanzania.
Ernatus M MkupasiDepartment of Vet. Med. & Public Health, Sokoine University of Agriculture, P.O. BOX 3000 Morogoro, Tanzania.
Sikasunge C SikalizyoDepartment of Para-clinical Studies School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zambia, P.O. BOX 32379 Lusaka, Zambia.
Evance M KabembaDepartment of Para-clinical Studies School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zambia, P.O. BOX 32379 Lusaka, Zambia.
Helena A NgowiDepartment of Vet. Med. & Public Health, Sokoine University of Agriculture, P.O. BOX 3000 Morogoro, Tanzania.
Isaac PhiriDepartment of Para-clinical Studies School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zambia, P.O. BOX 32379 Lusaka, Zambia.
University of Zambia · ZMSokoine University of Agriculture · TZ

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Porcine cysticercosis (PC) caused by

Indexed as

Nyasa, TanzaniaPig managementPrevalenceRisk factorsTaenia solium cysticercosis

Identifiers

PMID29167825
PMCPMC5678284
OpenAlexW2759179946

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