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SynthesisFrontiers in cellular and infection microbiology2021

Dengue Virus Infection in Sub-Saharan Africa Between 2010 and 2020: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Khalid Eltom, Khalid Enan, Abdel Rahim M El Hussein, Isam M Elkhidir

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Synthesis in Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

28 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Khalid EltomDepartment of Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan.
Khalid EnanDepartment of Virology, Central Laboratory, Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Khartoum, Sudan.
Abdel Rahim M El HusseinDepartment of Virology, Central Laboratory, Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Khartoum, Sudan.
Isam M ElkhidirDepartment of Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Dengue virus (DENV) infection has garnered a global interest in the past few decades. Nevertheless, its epidemiology in certain developing and low-income regions remains poorly understood, due to the absence of comprehensive surveillance and reporting systems. This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to determine the prevalence of DENV infection in the population of Sub-Saharan Africa using DENV infection markers, and to track any changes in its prevalence during the past ten years. It was conducted in accordance with the PRISMA guidelines, targeting the literature available at MEDLINE/PubMed, ScienceDirect, Cochrane library and Google Scholar. All articles published in English language between January 2010 and June 2020 were screened for eligibility. Random effects model was used to calculate the pooled prevalence of all infection markers. The Inconsistency Index (

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DengueVirus DiseasesAfrica South of the SaharaCross-Sectional StudiesHumansPrevalencedengue (DENV)epidemiologymeta-analysisSub-Saharan Africa (SSA)systematic review

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PMCPMC8186319

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