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ArticleGates open research2017

Syphilis screening and treatment in pregnant women in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo and in Lusaka, Zambia: a cross-sectional study.

Mabel Berrueta, Maria Luisa Cafferata, Musaku Mwenechanya, Dalau Nkamba Mukadi, Fernando Althabe, Eduardo Bergel, Luz Gibbons, Alvaro Ciganda, Karen Klein, Abigail Mwapule Tembo and 8 more

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Article in Gates open research, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
8citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 29% 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

8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Low syphilis treatment rates and associated birth outcomes in pregnant women with and without HIV in Zambia: A cohort study.International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

18 authors at 4 institutions in 4 countries.

Mabel BerruetaInstitute for Clinical Effectiveness and Health Policy (IECS), Dr. Emilio Ravignani 2024, Buenos Aires, 1414 CABA, Argentina.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7915-5643
Maria Luisa CafferataInstitute for Clinical Effectiveness and Health Policy (IECS), Dr. Emilio Ravignani 2024, Buenos Aires, 1414 CABA, Argentina.
Musaku MwenechanyaUniversity Teaching Hospital of Lusaka, Private Bag RW1X Ridgeway, Nationalist Road, Lusaka, Zambia.
Dalau Nkamba MukadiKinshasa School of Public Health, University of Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Congo, Democratic Republic.
Fernando AlthabeInstitute for Clinical Effectiveness and Health Policy (IECS), Dr. Emilio Ravignani 2024, Buenos Aires, 1414 CABA, Argentina.
Eduardo BergelInstitute for Clinical Effectiveness and Health Policy (IECS), Dr. Emilio Ravignani 2024, Buenos Aires, 1414 CABA, Argentina.
Luz GibbonsInstitute for Clinical Effectiveness and Health Policy (IECS), Dr. Emilio Ravignani 2024, Buenos Aires, 1414 CABA, Argentina.
Alvaro CigandaInstitute for Clinical Effectiveness and Health Policy (IECS), Dr. Emilio Ravignani 2024, Buenos Aires, 1414 CABA, Argentina.
Karen KleinInstitute for Clinical Effectiveness and Health Policy (IECS), Dr. Emilio Ravignani 2024, Buenos Aires, 1414 CABA, Argentina.
Abigail Mwapule TemboUniversity Teaching Hospital of Lusaka, Private Bag RW1X Ridgeway, Nationalist Road, Lusaka, Zambia.
Friday Habulembe MwanakalangaUniversity Teaching Hospital of Lusaka, Private Bag RW1X Ridgeway, Nationalist Road, Lusaka, Zambia.
Ernest BandaUniversity Teaching Hospital of Lusaka, Private Bag RW1X Ridgeway, Nationalist Road, Lusaka, Zambia.
Arlette Mavila KilongaKinshasa School of Public Health, University of Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Congo, Democratic Republic.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4425-7572
Paul Lusamba DikassaKinshasa School of Public Health, University of Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Congo, Democratic Republic.
Xu XiongTulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, 6823 St Charles Ave, New Orleans, LA 70118, USA.
Elwyn ChombaUniversity Teaching Hospital of Lusaka, Private Bag RW1X Ridgeway, Nationalist Road, Lusaka, Zambia.
Antoinette K TshefuKinshasa School of Public Health, University of Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Congo, Democratic Republic.
Pierre BuekensTulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, 6823 St Charles Ave, New Orleans, LA 70118, USA.
Instituto de Efectividad Clínica y Sanitaria · ARUniversity Teaching Hospital · ZMUniversity of Kinshasa · CDTulane University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

pregnancySyphilis screeningsyphilis seroprevalencesyphilis treatment

Identifiers

PMID29355227
PMCPMC5764227
OpenAlexW2774056746

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