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ArticleJournal of parasitology research2018

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Mable M Mutengo, Takafira Mduluza, Paul Kelly, James C L Mwansa, Geoffrey Kwenda, Patrick Musonda, James Chipeta

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Article in Journal of parasitology research, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
18citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 21% 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, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 28 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

7 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Mable M MutengoDepartment of Pathology and Microbiology, University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka, Zambia.ORCID 0000-0003-3973-0345
Takafira MduluzaDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Zimbabwe, Mount Pleasant, Harare, Zimbabwe.
Paul KellyDepartment of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia.
James C L MwansaDepartment of Pathology and Microbiology, University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka, Zambia.
Geoffrey KwendaDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, School of Health Sciences, University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia.
Patrick MusondaDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia.
James ChipetaDepartment of Pediatrics and Child Health, School of Medicine, University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia.
University of Zambia · ZMUniversity Teaching Hospital · ZMUniversity of Zimbabwe · ZW

Funding

Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Several studies have attributed the etiopathogenesis of chronic

Identifiers

PMID29610679
PMCPMC5828471
OpenAlexW2785377675

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Registered trials

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