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ArticleGates open research2018

Slaying little dragons: the impact of the Guinea Worm Eradication Program on dracunculiasis disability averted from 1990 to 2016.

Elizabeth A Cromwell, Sharon Roy, Dieudonne P Sankara, Adam Weiss, Jeffrey Stanaway, Ellen Goldberg, David M Pigott, Heidi Larson, Stein Emil Vollset, Kristopher Krohn and 9 more

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Article in Gates open research, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
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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

6 citing papers in PubMed.

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  5. Guinea Worm Disease: A Neglected Diseases on the Verge of Eradication.Tropical medicine and infectious disease · 2022
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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

19 authors.

Elizabeth A CromwellInstitute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle, Seattle, WA, USA.
Sharon RoyCenters for Disease Controls and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Dieudonne P SankaraWorld Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
Adam WeissThe Carter Center, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Jeffrey StanawayInstitute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle, Seattle, WA, USA.
Ellen GoldbergInstitute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle, Seattle, WA, USA.
David M PigottInstitute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle, Seattle, WA, USA.
Heidi LarsonInstitute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle, Seattle, WA, USA.
Stein Emil VollsetInstitute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle, Seattle, WA, USA.
Kristopher KrohnInstitute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle, Seattle, WA, USA.
Kyle ForemanInstitute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle, Seattle, WA, USA.
Peter HotezCollege of Medicine, Baylor University, Houston, TX, USA.
Zulfiqar BhuttaAga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan.
Bayu Begashaw BekeleUniversity of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia.
Dumessa EdessaHaramaya Univerisity, Dire Dawa, Ethiopia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6558-5829
Nicholas KassembaumInstitute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle, Seattle, WA, USA.
Ali MokdadInstitute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle, Seattle, WA, USA.
Christopher J L MurrayInstitute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle, Seattle, WA, USA.
Simon I HayInstitute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle, Seattle, WA, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0611-7272

Funding

World Health Organization 001
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

DALYsdisability adjusted life yearsdracunculiasiseradicationGBDGlobal burden of diseaseGuinea Wormneglected tropical diseasesNTDsprevalence

Identifiers

PMID30234196
PMCPMC6139381

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