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ArticleThe Journal of international medical research2020

Mass media reportage of Lassa fever in Nigeria: a viewpoint.

Joseph Oluchukwu Wogu, Christiana Ogeri Chukwu, Kenneth Adibe Nwafor, Ekenechukwu Anazor Anikpe, Joel Chinedum Ugwuoke, Chinyere Christiana Ugwulor-Onyinyechi, Chiedu Eseadi

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Article in The Journal of international medical research, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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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

10 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 21 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

7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Joseph Oluchukwu WoguDepartment of Mass Communication, University of Nigeria Nsukka, Enugu State, Nigeria.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9815-407X
Christiana Ogeri ChukwuAlex-Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu-Alike Ikwo, Ebonyi State, Nigeria.
Kenneth Adibe NwaforDepartment of Mass Communication, Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki, Nigeria.
Ekenechukwu Anazor AnikpeDepartment of Fine and Applied Arts, University of Nigeria Nsukka, Enugu State, Nigeria.
Joel Chinedum UgwuokeDepartment of Mass Communication, University of Nigeria Nsukka, Enugu State, Nigeria.
Chinyere Christiana Ugwulor-OnyinyechiDepartment of Mass Communication, University of Nigeria Nsukka, Enugu State, Nigeria.
Chiedu EseadiDepartment of Educational Foundations, University of Nigeria Nsukka, Enugu State, Nigeria.
University of Nigeria · NGAlex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu-AlikeEbonyi State University · NG

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Mass MediaResearch ReportAnimalsContact TracingGovernmentHealth EducationHealth Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeHumansLassa FeverNigeriaRodentiaFatalityLassa fevermass mediaNigeriaoutbreakreportage

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PMID30657006
PMCPMC7140189
OpenAlexW2909227989

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