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ArticleHelminthologia2020

Prevalence of Intestinal Parasitic Infections among the Bulgarian Population Over a Three Year Period (2015 - 2017).

R Harizanov, I Rainova, N Tsvetkova, I Kaftandjiev, R Borisova, A Ivanova, M Videnova

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Article in Helminthologia, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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10citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

R HarizanovNational Centre of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Sofia, Bulgaria, Department of Parasitology and Tropical Medicine, Yanko Sakazov Blvd. 26, 1504 Sofia, Bulgaria.
I RainovaNational Centre of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Sofia, Bulgaria, Department of Parasitology and Tropical Medicine, Yanko Sakazov Blvd. 26, 1504 Sofia, Bulgaria.
N TsvetkovaNational Centre of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Sofia, Bulgaria, Department of Parasitology and Tropical Medicine, Yanko Sakazov Blvd. 26, 1504 Sofia, Bulgaria.
I KaftandjievNational Centre of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Sofia, Bulgaria, Department of Parasitology and Tropical Medicine, Yanko Sakazov Blvd. 26, 1504 Sofia, Bulgaria.
R BorisovaNational Centre of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Sofia, Bulgaria, Department of Parasitology and Tropical Medicine, Yanko Sakazov Blvd. 26, 1504 Sofia, Bulgaria.
A IvanovaNational Centre of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Sofia, Bulgaria, Department of Parasitology and Tropical Medicine, Yanko Sakazov Blvd. 26, 1504 Sofia, Bulgaria.
M VidenovaNational Centre of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Sofia, Bulgaria, Department of Parasitology and Tropical Medicine, Yanko Sakazov Blvd. 26, 1504 Sofia, Bulgaria.
National Center of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases · BG

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The aim of the present study is to perform a retrospective analysis of the prevalence of intestinal parasitic infections among the Bulgarian population over the period 2015 - 2017. The study involved all Bulgarians and foreign nationals residing in the country who had been tested for intestinal protozoa and helminths. A total of 23,785 infections have been revealed, of which 17,712 (74.47 %) were helminth and 6,073 (25.53 %) protozoan invasions. Enterobiasis was found to be the most prevalent among patients infected with intestinal helminths (81.75 %), while giardiasis (62.05 %) was the most common among those diagnosed with protozoan infections. In spite of improved living conditions and increasing public health awareness, parasitic diseases in general, and intestinal parasitic infections in particular, still represent a significant part of the overall morbidity in Bulgaria, thus posing a major issue for the public health care system.

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helminthsintestinal parasitic infectionsprevalenceprotozoa

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PMID32063735
PMCPMC6996262
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