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ArticleThe American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene2018

Preliminary Evidence for the Absence of Cystic Echinococcosis in Gabon: A Cross-Sectional Pilot Survey in Humans and Definitive Hosts.

Felix Lötsch, Ghyslain Mombo-Ngoma, Johannes Mischlinger, Mirjam Groger, Luzia Veletzky, Ayôla Akim Adegnika, Bertrand Lell, Selidji Todagbe Agnandji, Marielle Bouyou-Akotet, Markus Obermüller and 4 more

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Article in The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 40% 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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors at 6 institutions in 3 countries.

Felix LötschCentre de Recherches Médicales de Lambaréné, Lambaréné, Gabon.
Ghyslain Mombo-NgomaCentre de Recherches Médicales de Lambaréné, Lambaréné, Gabon.
Johannes MischlingerCentre de Recherches Médicales de Lambaréné, Lambaréné, Gabon.
Mirjam GrogerCentre de Recherches Médicales de Lambaréné, Lambaréné, Gabon.
Luzia VeletzkyCentre de Recherches Médicales de Lambaréné, Lambaréné, Gabon.
Ayôla Akim AdegnikaInstitut für Tropenmedizin, Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.
Bertrand LellInstitut für Tropenmedizin, Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.
Selidji Todagbe AgnandjiInstitut für Tropenmedizin, Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.
Marielle Bouyou-AkotetDépartement de Parasitologie-Mycologie Médecine Tropicale, Faculté de Médecine, Université des Sciences de la Santé, Libreville, Gabon.
Markus ObermüllerDivision of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Department of Medicine I, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Marion WassermannDepartment of Parasitology, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany.
Renate SchneiderDepartment of Medical Parasitology, Institute of Specific Prophylaxis and Tropical Medicine, Center of Pathophysiology, Infectiology and Immunology, Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Herbert AuerDepartment of Medical Parasitology, Institute of Specific Prophylaxis and Tropical Medicine, Center of Pathophysiology, Infectiology and Immunology, Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Michael RamharterDepartment of Tropical Medicine, Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine & I. Department of Medicine, University Medical Centre, Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
Centre de Recherche Médicales de Lambaréné · GAMedical University of Vienna · ATUniversité des Sciences de la Santé · GAUniversity Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf · DEUniversity of Hohenheim · DEUniversity of Tübingen · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cystic echinococcosis (CE) is a globally endemic zoonosis caused by the larval stage of the

Indexed as

AdultAgedAnimalsCross-Sectional StudiesDNA, HelminthDogsEchinococcosisEchinococcus granulosusEpidemiological MonitoringFecesFemaleGabonHemagglutination TestsHumansMaleMiddle AgedDNA, Helminth

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PMID29785924
PMCPMC6085808
OpenAlexW2803397093

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