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ArticleIranian journal of parasitology

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Massoud Behnia, Karim Hatam-Nahavandi, Elham Hajialilo, Maryam Niyyati, Fatemeh Tarighi, Azam Bakhtiar Akram, Mahboobeh Salimi, Mostafa Rezaeian

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Article in Iranian journal of parasitology. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
1.0field-weighted citation impact, top 24% 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

3 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Identification of Acantamoeba isolated from water resources located in the northwest of Iran by using the high-resolution melting analysis assay.International microbiology : the official journal of the Spanish Society for Microbiology · 2026
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  2. Risk factors, management, and outcomes ofAmerican journal of ophthalmology case reports · 2022
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  3. Isolation and Molecular Identification ofIranian journal of parasitology
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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 4 institutions in 1 country.

Massoud BehniaDept. of Medical Parasitology and Mycology, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Karim Hatam-NahavandiInfection Disease and Tropical Medicine Research Center, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran.
Elham HajialiloDept. of Medical Parasitology and Mycology, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Maryam NiyyatiDept. of Medical Parasitology and Mycology, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Fatemeh TarighiDept. of Medical Parasitology and Mycology, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Azam Bakhtiar AkramDept. of Medical Parasitology and Mycology, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Mahboobeh SalimiDept. of Medical Parasitology and Mycology, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Mostafa RezaeianDept. of Medical Parasitology and Mycology, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Tehran University of Medical Sciences · IRQazvin University of Medical Sciences · IRShahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences · IRZahedan University of Medical Sciences · IR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

background

methodsOverall, 90 raw wastewater samples were collected from water treatment facilities in west and south of Tehran, Iran during 2014-2016. Water samples were filtered and cultured on non-nutrient agar (NNA) medium enriched with

resultsTotally, 6 out of 90 (6.7%) samples were positive for

conclusionThe current research reflected a low contamination of wastewater sources to

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AcanthamoebaGenotypeIranWastewater

Identifiers

PMID29317876
PMCPMC5756301
OpenAlexW2779872749

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