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SynthesisSexually transmitted infections2019

Simon Chengo Masha, Piet Cools, Eduard J Sanders, Mario Vaneechoutte, Tania Crucitti

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In one paragraph

Synthesis in Sexually transmitted infections, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 70 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
70citing papers in PubMed, 5 pooled it
4.7field-weighted citation impact, top 4% 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

70 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 149 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. High rates of Treponema pallidum, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Chlamydia trachomatis, or Trichomonas vaginalis co-infection in people with HIV: a systematic review and meta-analysis.European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology · 2025
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  10. Discovery of thienopyrimidine analog G-18 as a novel anti-trichomonal agent.International journal for parasitology. Drugs and drug resistance · 2026
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10 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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

5 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Simon Chengo MashaCentre for Geographic Medicine Research - Coast, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kilifi, Kenya schengo@gmail.com.ORCID 0000-0002-6283-2430
Piet CoolsLaboratory for Bacteriology Research, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.
Eduard J SandersCentre for Geographic Medicine Research - Coast, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kilifi, Kenya.
Mario VaneechoutteLaboratory for Bacteriology Research, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.
Tania CrucittiHIV/STI Reference Laboratory, Department of Clinical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerpen, Belgium.
Ghent University · BEInstituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde · BEKenya Medical Research Institute · KEPwani University · KE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesTrichomoniasis is the most prevalent curable STI globally, with the highest incidence and prevalence in sub-Saharan Africa (sSA). STIs have largely been associated with an increase in HIV acquisition. Our objective was to assess the existing literature available in English regarding the association of Trichomoniasis and HIV-1 acquisition.

methodsThe review protocol was registered at the International Prospective Register of Systematic Reviews (PROSPERO) under number CRD42018082702. We searched MEDLINE, Embase and Scopus databases to collect articles measuring the association of

resultsWe identified 1806 unduplicated citations, of which 18 papers and 1 conference abstract were eligible for inclusion in the review after applying our inclusion and exclusion criteria. All the studies included in the systematic review had been carried out in sSA. The articles reported various measures of effects, namely: HRs, rate ratios, risk ratios and ORs. In a meta-analysis restricted to 11 studies reporting HR, individuals infected with

conclusionsTRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: CRD42018082702.

Indexed as

HIV-1Trichomonas vaginalisAfrica South of the SaharaFemaleHIV InfectionsHumansMaleOdds RatioPrevalenceProportional Hazards ModelsTrichomonas InfectionsAfricaHIVmeta-analysissystematic reviewtrichomonas

Identifiers

PMID30341233
PMCPMC6580735
OpenAlexW2898005124

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