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ArticleParasite epidemiology and control2020

Assessment of dual schistosome infection prevalence from urine in an endemic community of Ghana by molecular diagnostic approach.

William K Anyan, Brittany R Pulkkila, Clare E Dyra, Miriam Price, Jean M Naples, Joseph K Quartey, Abraham K Anang, Nilanjan Lodh

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Article in Parasite epidemiology and control, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  4. Accurate Diagnosis ofPathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024
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  7. Schistosomiasis with a Focus on Africa.Tropical medicine and infectious disease · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

William K AnyanParasitology Department, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (NMIMR), University of Ghana, Legon, Accra, Ghana.
Brittany R PulkkilaDepartment of Clinical Laboratory Science, College of Health Sciences, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI, USA.
Clare E DyraDepartment of Clinical Laboratory Science, College of Health Sciences, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI, USA.
Miriam PriceDepartment of Clinical Laboratory Science, College of Health Sciences, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI, USA.
Jean M NaplesDepartment of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Joseph K QuarteyParasitology Department, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (NMIMR), University of Ghana, Legon, Accra, Ghana.
Abraham K AnangParasitology Department, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (NMIMR), University of Ghana, Legon, Accra, Ghana.
Nilanjan LodhDepartment of Clinical Laboratory Science, College of Health Sciences, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Schistosomiasis is an important Neglected Tropical Disease caused by blood parasites called schistosomes. In sub-Saharan Africa, two major human schistosomes, namely

Indexed as

Cell-free repeat DNAPCRSchistosoma haematobium (S. haematobium)Schistosoma mansoni (S. mansoni)Urine

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PMID31930175
PMCPMC6951297

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