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ArticlePublic health action2018

Advances in malaria elimination in Botswana: a dramatic shift to parasitological diagnosis, 2008-2014.

K Moakofhi, J K Edwards, M Motlaleng, J Namboze, W Butt, M Obopile, T Mosweunyane, M Manzi, K C Takarinda, P Owiti

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Article in Public health action, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9citing papers in PubMed
4.6field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

9 citing papers in PubMed, 24 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Malaria Elimination in Africa: Rethinking Strategies forTropical medicine and infectious disease · 2023
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  6. Past and current biological factors affecting malaria in the low transmission setting of Botswana: A review.Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases · 2020
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 6 institutions in 5 countries.

K MoakofhiWorld Health Organization (WHO) Botswana Country Office, Gaborone, Botswana.
J K EdwardsMédecins Sans Frontières, Brussels, Belgium.
M MotlalengNational Malaria Programme, Botswana Ministry of Health, Gaborone, Botswana.
J NambozeInter-Country Support Team, WHO, Harare, Zimbabwe.
W ButtInter-Country Support Team, WHO, Harare, Zimbabwe.
M ObopileBotswana University of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Gaborone, Botswana.
T MosweunyaneNational Malaria Programme, Botswana Ministry of Health, Gaborone, Botswana.
M ManziMédecins Sans Frontières, Brussels, Belgium.
K C TakarindaInternational Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Paris, France.
P OwitiAcademic Model Providing Access to Healthcare (AMPATH), Eldoret, Kenya.
Médecins Sans Frontières · BEMinistry of Health · BWWorld Health Organization - Zimbabwe · ZWAMPATH · KEBotswana University of Agriculture and Natural ResourcesInternational Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease · FR

Funding

World Health Organization 001
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

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Botswanamalariamalaria diagnosisoperational researchRDTSORT IT

Identifiers

PMID29713592
PMCPMC5912420
OpenAlexW2802678119

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