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ReviewMicroorganisms2021

Malaria Diagnosis in Non-Endemic Settings: The European Experience in the Last 22 Years.

Adriana Calderaro, Sara Montecchini, Mirko Buttrini, Giovanna Piccolo, Sabina Rossi, Maria Cristina Arcangeletti, Benedetta Farina, Flora De Conto, Carlo Chezzi

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In one paragraph

Review in Microorganisms, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
14citing papers in PubMed
3.3field-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

14 citing papers in PubMed, 20 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

9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Adriana CalderaroDepartment of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma, Viale A. Gramsci 14, 43126 Parma, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-4308-3120
Sara MontecchiniDepartment of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma, Viale A. Gramsci 14, 43126 Parma, Italy.
Mirko ButtriniDepartment of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma, Viale A. Gramsci 14, 43126 Parma, Italy.
Giovanna PiccoloDepartment of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma, Viale A. Gramsci 14, 43126 Parma, Italy.
Sabina RossiUnit of Clinical Microbiology, University Hospital of Parma, Viale A. Gramsci 14, 43126 Parma, Italy.
Maria Cristina ArcangelettiDepartment of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma, Viale A. Gramsci 14, 43126 Parma, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-4472-8741
Benedetta FarinaDepartment of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma, Viale A. Gramsci 14, 43126 Parma, Italy.
Flora De ContoDepartment of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma, Viale A. Gramsci 14, 43126 Parma, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-0493-2353
Carlo ChezziDepartment of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma, Viale A. Gramsci 14, 43126 Parma, Italy.
University of Parma · IT

Funding

Ministero dell'Università e della Ricerca, MUR Fondo di finanziamento per le attività base di ricerca (FFABR)Ministry of University and Scientific Research FIL
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Accurate, prompt, and reliable tools for the diagnosis of malaria are crucial for tracking the successes or drawbacks of control and elimination efforts, and for future programs aimed at global malaria eradication. Although microscopy remains the gold standard method, the number of imported malaria cases and the risk of reappearance of autochthonous cases stimulated several laboratories located in European countries to evaluate methods and algorithms suited to non-endemic settings, where skilled microscopists are not always available. In this review, an overview of the field evaluation and a comparison of the methods used for the diagnosis of malaria by European laboratories is reported, showing that the development of numerous innovations is continuous. In particular, the combination of rapid diagnostic tests and molecular assays with microscopy represents a reliable system for the early diagnosis of malaria in non-endemic settings.

Indexed as

diagnosisEuropeimported malariamolecular methodspolymerase chain reaction

Identifiers

PMID34835391
PMCPMC8620059
OpenAlexW3211028263

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