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ReviewPLoS neglected tropical diseases2020

The use of serology for trachoma surveillance: Current status and priorities for future investigation.

Diana L Martin, Martha Idalí Saboyà-Díaz, Aida Abashawl, Wondu Alemayeh, Sarah Gwyn, Pamela J Hooper, Jeremy Keenan, Khumbo Kalua, Celia Landmann Szwarcwald, Scott Nash and 4 more

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In one paragraph

Review in PLoS neglected tropical diseases, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
25citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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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

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

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  8. Trachoma.Lancet (London, England) · 2025
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  13. Prevalence of trachoma in indigenous and non-indigenous areas, Northeastern Brazil, 2019-2021.Revista panamericana de salud publica = Pan American journal of public health · 2024
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  14. Trachoma: The Last Decade?Ophthalmic epidemiology · 2023
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  17. Using Serological Markers for the Surveillance ofPathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023
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  18. Monitoring transmission intensity of trachoma with serology.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2023
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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

14 authors.

Diana L MartinDivision of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0001-9417-5562
Martha Idalí Saboyà-DíazCommunicable Diseases and Environmental Determinants of Health Department, Pan-American Health Organization, Washington, DC, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0003-4324-9618
Aida AbashawlBerhan Public Health and Eye Care Consultancy, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Wondu AlemayehBerhan Public Health and Eye Care Consultancy, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Sarah GwynDivision of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America.
Pamela J HooperInternational Trachoma Initiative, Task Force for Global Health, Decatur, Georgia, United States of America.
Jeremy KeenanFrancis I. Proctor Foundation, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America.
Khumbo KaluaDepartment of Ophthalmology, University of Malawi, College of Medicine Blantyre, Malawi.
Celia Landmann SzwarcwaldInstitute of Scientific and Technological Communication and information in Health, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Scott NashTrachoma Control Program, The Carter Center, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America.
Catherine OldenburgFrancis I. Proctor Foundation, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America.
Sheila K WestWilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America.
Michael WhiteMalaria: Parasites & Hosts, Department of Parasites and Insect Vectors, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France.
Anthony W SolomonDepartment of Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.

Funding

World Health Organization 001
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Antibodies, BacterialChlamydia trachomatisEpidemiological MonitoringHumansSeroepidemiologic StudiesSerologyTrachomaAntibodies, Bacterial

Identifiers

PMID32970672
PMCPMC7514076

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