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ArticleTropical medicine and health2018

Eliakimu Paul, Ireen Kiwelu, Blandina Mmbaga, Rebeka Nazareth, Elias Sabuni, Athanasia Maro, Arnold Ndaro, Jo E B Halliday, Jaffu Chilongola

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Article in Tropical medicine and health, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
22citing papers in PubMed, 4 pooled it
3.2field-weighted citation impact, top 8% 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

22 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 40 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

9 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Eliakimu Paul1Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College, P.O. Box 2240, Moshi, Tanzania.
Ireen KiweluKilimanjaro Clinical Research Institute, P.O. Box 2236, Moshi, Tanzania.
Blandina MmbagaKilimanjaro Clinical Research Institute, P.O. Box 2236, Moshi, Tanzania.
Rebeka Nazareth1Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College, P.O. Box 2240, Moshi, Tanzania.
Elias Sabuni1Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College, P.O. Box 2240, Moshi, Tanzania.
Athanasia MaroKilimanjaro Clinical Research Institute, P.O. Box 2236, Moshi, Tanzania.
Arnold NdaroKilimanjaro Clinical Research Institute, P.O. Box 2236, Moshi, Tanzania.
Jo E B Halliday4Boyd Orr Center for Population and Ecosystem Health, Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ UK.
Jaffu Chilongola1Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College, P.O. Box 2240, Moshi, Tanzania.
Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre · TZUniversity of Glasgow · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundAcute

methodsA hospital-based cross-sectional study was carried out from 1 February to 30 April 2017. Data on maternal demographic characteristics, obstetric history, knowledge, and practices related to

resultsThe overall

conclusionBased on serology results, we report widespread exposure to

Indexed as

ELISAMolecular diagnosticsPCRPregnant womenSerologyTanzaniaToxoplasma gondiiToxoplasmosisZoonoses

Identifiers

PMID30479556
PMCPMC6245905
OpenAlexW2901127805

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