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ArticleParasite epidemiology and control2019

Toxoplasmosis outbreak in Brazil, 2006 - Revisited.

Guilherme Nunes do Rego E Silva, Maria Dos Remédios Freitas Carvalho Branco, Zulimar Márita Ribeiro Rodrigues, Alcione Miranda Dos Santos, Paulo Roberto Mendes Pereira, Maria do Socorro da Silva, Ana Tereza de Sousa Nunes, Audivan Ribeiro Garcês Júnior, Maria Nilza Lima Medeiros, Conceição de Maria Pedrozo E Silva de Azevedo and 2 more

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Article in Parasite epidemiology and control, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 23% 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

6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
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  4. Review
  5. Seroprevalence and risk factors associated withParasite epidemiology and control · 2020
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  6. Viral metagenomics performed in patients with acute febrile syndrome during Toxoplasma gondii outbreak in south Brazil.The Brazilian journal of infectious diseases : an official publication of the Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases
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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

12 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Guilherme Nunes do Rego E SilvaPrograma de Pós-Graduação em Saúde e Ambiente, Universidade Federal do Maranhão, São Luís, MA, Brazil.
Maria Dos Remédios Freitas Carvalho BrancoPrograma de Pós-Graduação em Saúde e Ambiente, Universidade Federal do Maranhão, São Luís, MA, Brazil.
Zulimar Márita Ribeiro RodriguesPrograma de Pós-Graduação em Saúde e Ambiente, Universidade Federal do Maranhão, São Luís, MA, Brazil.
Alcione Miranda Dos SantosPrograma de Pós-Graduação em Saúde Coletiva, Universidade Federal do Maranhão, São Luís, MA, Brazil.
Paulo Roberto Mendes PereiraPrograma de Pós-Graduação em Geografia, Universidade Estadual Júlio de Mesquita Filho, UNESP, São Luís, MA, Brazil.
Maria do Socorro da SilvaSecretaria Municipal de Saúde, São Luís, MA, Brazil.
Ana Tereza de Sousa NunesPrograma de Pós-Graduação em Saúde e Ambiente, Universidade Federal do Maranhão, São Luís, MA, Brazil.
Audivan Ribeiro Garcês JúniorPrograma de Pós-Graduação em Saúde e Ambiente, Universidade Federal do Maranhão, São Luís, MA, Brazil.
Maria Nilza Lima MedeirosPrograma de Pós-Graduação em Gestão de Programas e Serviços de Saúde, Universidade CEUMA, São Luís, MA, Brazil.
Conceição de Maria Pedrozo E Silva de AzevedoPrograma de Pós-Graduação em Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal do Maranhão, São Luís, MA, Brazil.
Rejane Christine de Sousa QueirozPrograma de Pós-Graduação em Saúde Coletiva, Universidade Federal do Maranhão, São Luís, MA, Brazil.
José Aquino JuniorPrograma de Pós-Graduação em Saúde e Ambiente, Universidade Federal do Maranhão, São Luís, MA, Brazil.
Universidade Federal do Maranhão · BRSecretaria Municipal de Saúde · BRUniversidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp) · BR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Waterborne outbreaks of human toxoplasmosis can have great magnitude due to the number of persons infected while smaller-scale outbreaks are also possible. This is a study based on a historical database investigating a toxoplasmosis outbreak occurred in 2006 in a residential community in São Luís, in the Brazilian state of Maranhão. Ninety of the 110 residents, employees and domestic helping persons had blood samples collected and tested. The diagnosis of toxoplasmosis was established by quantification of anti-

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Disease outbreaksPublic health surveillanceToxoplasmosis

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PMCPMC6715882
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