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ReviewParasite epidemiology and control2020

Effect of chitosan on

Kourosh Cheraghipour, Leila Masoori, Fatemeh Ezzatkhah, Iraj Salimikia, Sana Amiri, Ali Safar Makenali, Farshad Taherpour, Hossein Mahmoudvand

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Review 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 13 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
13citing papers in PubMed
2.3field-weighted citation impact, top 12% of its field
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

13 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Kourosh CheraghipourRazi Herbal Medicines Research Center, Lorestan University of Medical Sciences, Khorramabad, Iran.
Leila MasooriDepartment of Laboratory Sciences, School of Allied Medicine, Lorestan University of Medical Sciences, Khorramabad, Iran.
Fatemeh EzzatkhahDepartment of Laboratory Sciences, Sirjan School of Medical Sciences, Sirjan, Iran.
Iraj SalimikiaRazi Herbal Medicines Research Center, Lorestan University of Medical Sciences, Khorramabad, Iran.
Sana AmiriRazi Herbal Medicines Research Center, Lorestan University of Medical Sciences, Khorramabad, Iran.
Ali Safar MakenaliVeterinary Epidemiologist, Chief Veterinary Officer, Tehran, Iran.
Farshad TaherpourRazi Herbal Medicines Research Center, Lorestan University of Medical Sciences, Khorramabad, Iran.
Hossein MahmoudvandHepatitis Research Center, Lorestan University of Medical Sciences, Khorramabad, Iran.
Lorestan University of Medical Sciences · IRSirjan University of Technology · IR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe preferred treatment for management of toxoplasmosis is the combined use of pyrimethamine and sulfadiazine. However, there are a wide number of adverse side effects with these medications. Recent research has focused on the use of chitosan for the treatment of

methodsThe current study was carried out according to the PRISMA guideline and registered in the CAMARADES-NC3Rs Preclinical Systematic Review and Meta-analysis Facility (SyRF) database. The search was performed in five scientific databases, including Scopus, PubMed, Web of Science, EMBASE, and Google Scholar, with date limits of 1992 to December 2019. The search was restricted to articles published in the English language. The words and terms searched were "

resultsOf 2500 manuscripts, 9 met the eligibility criteria for review. All studies used the RH strain of

conclusionConsidering the low toxicity and the high inhibitory potency of chitosan against

Indexed as

In vitroIn vivoNanoparticlesNatural productsToxoplasmosisTreatment

Identifiers

PMID33163635
PMCPMC7607504
OpenAlexW3094017686

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