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ArticlePathogens (Basel, Switzerland)2021

Existence of Similar

Betrand Msemwa, Mariam M Mirambo, Vitus Silago, Juma M Samson, Khadija S Majid, Ginethon Mhamphi, Joseph Genchwere, Subira S Mwakabumbe, Elifuraha B Mngumi, Georgies Mgode and 1 more

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Article in Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
6citing 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

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

  1. Pooled it
  2. Detection and Determinants ofPublic health challenges · 2025
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  4. Serological Survey ofPathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024
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  6. Seropositivity ofTropical medicine and infectious disease · 2022
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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

11 authors.

Betrand MsemwaDepartment of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Institute of Allied Health Sciences, Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences, Bugando, Mwanza P.O. Box 1464, Tanzania.
Mariam M MiramboDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences, Bugando, Mwanza P.O. Box 1464, Tanzania.
Vitus SilagoDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences, Bugando, Mwanza P.O. Box 1464, Tanzania.
Juma M SamsonDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences, Bugando, Mwanza P.O. Box 1464, Tanzania.
Khadija S MajidDepartment of Veterinary Medicine and Public Health, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro P.O. Box 3021, Tanzania.
Ginethon MhamphiSUA Pest Management Centre (SPMC), Sokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro P.O. Box 3110, Tanzania.
Joseph GenchwereTanzania Veterinary Laboratory Agency (TVLA), Lake Zone, Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries, Mwanza P.O. Box 129, Tanzania.
Subira S MwakabumbeVeterinary Investigation Centre (VIC), Lake Zone, Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries, Mwanza P.O. Box 129, Tanzania.
Elifuraha B MngumiDepartment of Veterinary Anatomy and Pathology, School of Biomedical Sciences, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro P.O. Box 3016, Tanzania.
Georgies MgodeSUA Pest Management Centre (SPMC), Sokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro P.O. Box 3110, Tanzania.
Stephen E MshanaDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences, Bugando, Mwanza P.O. Box 1464, Tanzania.ORCID 0000-0002-7526-6271

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study investigated seroepidemiology of

Indexed as

Leptospira antibodiesmicroscopic agglutination (MAT)Mwanzaserovar Sokoinezoonotic disease

Identifiers

PMID34065745
PMCPMC8156512

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