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SynthesisPathogens and global health2022

Global meta-analysis on

Solomon Ngutor Karshima, Magdalene Nguvan Karshima, Musa Isiyaku Ahmed

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In one paragraph

Synthesis in Pathogens and global health, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
16citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.2field-weighted citation impact, top 8% 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

16 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 26 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Mapping the Global Distribution ofTransboundary and emerging diseases · 2025
    Pooled it
  2. Article
  3. Photo Quiz: A camper with fever, headache, and fatigue.Journal of clinical microbiology · 2026
    Article
  4. More than malaria: ExploringCurrent research in parasitology & vector-borne diseases · 2026
    Review
  5. Urban surveillance ofFrontiers in veterinary science · 2026
    Article
  6. A Set of Rapid Diagnostic Tool for Babesia microti Infection.Journal of clinical laboratory analysis · 2025
    Article
  7. Global prevalence ofNew microbes and new infections · 2025
    Article
  8. Human babesiosis: The past, present and future.Expert reviews in molecular medicine · 2025
    Review
  9. Article
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  12. Transfusion-transmittedJournal of clinical microbiology · 2023
    Review
  13. Article
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  16. Nucleic Acid Prevalence of ZoonoticTropical medicine and infectious disease · 2023
    Review
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

3 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Solomon Ngutor KarshimaDepartment of Veterinary Public Health and Preventive Medicine, University of Jos, Jos, Nigeria.ORCID 0000-0001-9506-2498
Magdalene Nguvan KarshimaDepartment of Parasitology and Entomology, Modibbo Adama University of Technology, Yola, Nigeria.
Musa Isiyaku AhmedDepartment of Veterinary Parasitology and Entomology, Federal University of Agriculture, Zuru, Nigeria.
Federal University of Agriculture · NGModibbo Adama University of Technology · NGUniversity of Jos · NG

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Human babesiosis is an emerging tick-borne protozoan zoonosis caused by parasites of the genus

Indexed as

BabesiaBabesiosisTick-Borne DiseasesAnimalsHumansPrevalenceZoonosesGeographic distributionhuman babesiosisprevalencespecies diversityzoonotic Babesia species

Identifiers

PMID34788196
PMCPMC9132453
OpenAlexW3213291645

What OpenQuestion holds

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Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.