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ReviewCaspian journal of internal medicine2018

Narges Kalantari, Salman Ghaffari, Masomeh Bayani

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Review in Caspian journal of internal medicine, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Nosocomial Diarrhea Distribution byAdvanced biomedical research · 2025
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  2. Microorganisms · 2024
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  3. Article
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  5. Identification and Subtyping ofIranian journal of parasitology
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Narges KalantariCellular and Molecular Biology Research Center, Health Research Institute, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Iran.
Salman GhaffariDepartment of Parasitology and Mycology, Faculty of Medicine, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Iran.
Masomeh BayaniInfectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine Research Center, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Iran.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundCryptosporidiosis is an important cause of diarrhea in children and immunosuppressive patients. The current study was intended to evaluate the prevalence rate of

methodsFive English electronic databases including PubMed, Google Scholar, Science Direct, Scopus and Cochrane, and two Persian language databases Magiran and Scientific Information Database were searched. Additionally, reports from the Iranian congresses of parasitology and graduate student thesis dissertations were assessed manually.

resultsOut of 1856 studies from the literature search, our search resulted in a total of 27 articles published from 1991 to 2016. These include 14 reports on cryptosporidiosis in children and 13 papers regarding immunosuppressive patients. 8520 children and 2015 immunosuppressed cases were evaluated. Oocysts of

conclusionsIn summary, the present study provides a comprehensive view of the epidemiology of

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ChildrenCryptosporidiosisCryptosporidium spp.Immunosuppressive patientsIranPrevalence

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PMID29732026
PMCPMC5912216

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