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ArticleParasite epidemiology and control2018

Francois Korbmacher, Kossi Komlan, Richard G Gantin, Wiyao P Poutouli, Koffi Padjoudoum, Potchoziou Karabou, Peter T Soboslay, Carsten Köhler

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Article in Parasite epidemiology and control, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 39% 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, 9 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

8 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Francois KorbmacherNational Institute of Hygiene, Onchocerciasis Reference Laboratory, Sokodé, Togo.
Kossi KomlanNational Institute of Hygiene, Onchocerciasis Reference Laboratory, Sokodé, Togo.
Richard G GantinNational Institute of Hygiene, Onchocerciasis Reference Laboratory, Sokodé, Togo.
Wiyao P PoutouliFaculté de Sciences, Université de Lomé, Lomé, Togo.
Koffi PadjoudoumNational Onchocerciasis Control Program, Kara, Togo.
Potchoziou KarabouNational Onchocerciasis Control Program, Kara, Togo.
Peter T SoboslayNational Institute of Hygiene, Onchocerciasis Reference Laboratory, Sokodé, Togo.
Carsten KöhlerInstitute for Tropical Medicine, University Clinics of Tübingen, Germany.
German Institute for Disaster Medicine · DEUniversity of Lomé · TG

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

background

methodsDry blood samples (

resultsDry blood samples from 733 persons where investigated by real-time PCR tested for DNA of blood-circulating

conclusionsMansonelliasis, onchocerciasis and strongyloidiasis remain prevalent in the surveyed regions, yet with local differences. Our observations suggest that transmission of

Indexed as

Mansonella perstansMansonelliasisOnchocerca volvulusOnchocerciasisPrevalenceStrongyloides stercoralisStrongyloidiasisTogo

Identifiers

PMID29774301
PMCPMC5952658
OpenAlexW2792945213

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