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ArticleClinical case reports2019

Two fatal cases of rabies in humans who did not receive rabies postexposure prophylaxis in Nigeria.

Solomom W Audu, Philip P Mshelbwala, Balarabe M Jahun, Khadija Bouaddi, Jeofrey Scott Weese

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Article in Clinical case reports, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

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23citing papers in PubMed
2.4field-weighted citation impact, top 11% 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.

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

23 citing papers in PubMed, 36 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

5 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Solomom W AuduDepartment of Veterinary Medicine Ahmadu Bello University Zaria Nigeria.ORCID 0000-0002-8317-9936
Philip P MshelbwalaDepartment of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine University of Abuja Abuja Nigeria.ORCID 0000-0002-6834-1456
Balarabe M JahunVeterinary Teaching Hospital Ahmadu Bello University Zaria Nigeria.
Khadija BouaddiDepartment of Biology, Nutritional Physiopathology and Toxicology Team, Faculty of Sciences, Chouaib Doukkali University El Jadida Morocco.
Jeofrey Scott WeeseDepartment of Pathobiology Ontario Veterinary College Guelph Ontario Canada.
Ahmadu Bello University · NGAhmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital · NGChouaib Doukkali University · MAOntario Veterinary CollegeUniversity of Abuja · NG

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

These two cases highlight some of the many challenges encountered when handling dog bite and rabies exposure. They also provide examples of the many barriers, and while highlighting only two individuals, they are likely representative of large numbers of the over 59 000 people that die every year from this preventable disease.

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humansNigeriapostexposure prophylaxisrabies

Identifiers

PMID30997078
PMCPMC6452487
OpenAlexW2921507750

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