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ArticlePathogens (Basel, Switzerland)2020

Effect of Ivermectin Treatment on the Frequency of Seizures in Persons with Epilepsy Infected with

Alfred Dusabimana, Solomon Tsebeni Wafula, Stephen Jada Raimon, Joseph Nelson Siewe Fodjo, Dan Bhwana, Floribert Tepage, Gasim Abd-Elfarag, An Hotterbeekx, Steven Abrams, Robert Colebunders

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Article in Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
10citing papers in PubMed
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 36% 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

10 citing papers in PubMed, 12 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

10 authors at 4 institutions in 5 countries.

Alfred DusabimanaGlobal Health Institute, University of Antwerp, Doornstraat 331, 2610 Antwerp, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0003-2660-880X
Solomon Tsebeni WafulaGlobal Health Institute, University of Antwerp, Doornstraat 331, 2610 Antwerp, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-6405-015X
Stephen Jada RaimonAmref Health Africa, Juba P.O. Box 30125, South Sudan.
Joseph Nelson Siewe FodjoGlobal Health Institute, University of Antwerp, Doornstraat 331, 2610 Antwerp, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0003-3544-1239
Dan BhwanaNational Institute of Medical Research, Tanga Centre, Tanga P.O. Box 5004, Tanzania.
Floribert TepageMinistry of Health, Bas Uélé Province, Buta B.P. 105, Democratic Republic of Congo.
Gasim Abd-ElfaragAmsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development, Paasheuvelweg 25, 1105 BP Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
An HotterbeekxGlobal Health Institute, University of Antwerp, Doornstraat 331, 2610 Antwerp, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0003-3356-4032
Steven AbramsGlobal Health Institute, University of Antwerp, Doornstraat 331, 2610 Antwerp, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0001-7353-9304
Robert ColebundersGlobal Health Institute, University of Antwerp, Doornstraat 331, 2610 Antwerp, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-1919-1340
University of Antwerp · BEAmsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development · NLMinistry of Public Health · CDNational Institute for Medical Research · TZ

Funding

European Research Council 671055
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A clinical trial performed in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), among persons with epilepsy (PWE) infected with

Indexed as

epilepsyivermectinonchocerciasisseizures

Identifiers

PMID33396221
PMCPMC7824398
OpenAlexW3116261587

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