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ArticleHelminthologia2020

A Pilot Comparative Study Between Serological and Genetic Investigations in Relationship to Clinical Outcomes on Patients with Cystic Echinococcosis.

Nu Altintas, S A Karamil, O Turkum, M Akil, A Sakarya, H Bozkaya, J Šoltys, Na Altintas

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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 1 paper.

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0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 44% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Nu AltintasManisa Celal Bayar University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medical Biology, 45030 Manisa, Turkey.
S A KaramilManisa Celal Bayar University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medical Biology, 45030 Manisa, Turkey.
O TurkumManisa Celal Bayar University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medical Biology, 45030 Manisa, Turkey.
M AkilEge University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Parasitology, 35100 Izmir, Turkey.
A SakaryaManisa Celal Bayar University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of General Surgery, 45030 Manisa, Turkey.
H BozkayaEge University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Radiology, 35100 Izmir, Turkey.
J ŠoltysInstitute of Parasitology Slovak Academy of Sciences (SAS), Kosice, Slovakia.
Na AltintasEge University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Parasitology, 35100 Izmir, Turkey.
Manisa Celal Bayar University · TRSlovak Academy of Sciences · SK

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The aim of this study was to investigate whether Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assays (ELISA) and Western Blotting (WB) methods could contribute to the assessment of clinical outcomes in genotype-defined cystic echinococcosis (CE) patients. Twenty-nine human isolates and blood samples have been taken from patients who underwent surgery or percutaneous aspiration (PAIR) for therapeutic purposes at Ege University and Manisa Celal Bayar University Hospitals. All sera of patients were screened for the presence of

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Cystic echinococcosisELISAsequence analysisserologywestern blotting

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PMID32518485
PMCPMC7261030
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