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ArticleBioMed research international2020

Histopathology of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis Caused by

Harshima Wijesinghe, Nayana Gunathilaka, Saveen Semege, Nishantha Pathirana, Nuwani Manamperi, Chandu de Silva, Deepika Fernando

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Article in BioMed research international, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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19citing papers in PubMed
3.4field-weighted citation impact, top 7% 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

19 citing papers in PubMed, 33 citations in OpenAlex.

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  11. Diagnostic Tools for Cutaneous Leishmaniasis Caused byDiagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023
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  14. Primary LymphocutaneousMedicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2022
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  16. Microorganisms · 2021
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  18. Immunopathology of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in a Cohort of Sri Lankan Patients.Clinical pathology (Thousand Oaks, Ventura County, Calif.)
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  19. PCR-Based Diagnosis ofIranian journal of parasitology
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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 2 institutions in 1 country.

Harshima WijesingheDepartment of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2847-1440
Nayana GunathilakaDepartment of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2690-8565
Saveen SemegeArmy Preventive Medicine & Mental Health Services, Army Headquarters, Sri Jayawardenepura, Sri Lanka.
Nishantha PathiranaArmy Hospital, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Nuwani ManamperiDepartment of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka.
Chandu de SilvaDepartment of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2190-6672
Deepika FernandoDepartment of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2535-9031
University of Colombo · LKUniversity of Kelaniya · LK

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is a neglected tropical disease that is gaining importance in Sri Lanka and internationally. The clinical presentation, pathology, and method of parasite elimination in CL vary according to the species.

Indexed as

AdultBiopsyCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleGranulomaHumansLeishmania donovaniLeishmaniasis, CutaneousMaleMiddle AgedSkinSri LankaYoung Adult

Identifiers

PMID32461993
PMCPMC7222607
OpenAlexW3023482958

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