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SynthesisScientific reports2021

Prevalence and outcomes of malaria as co-infection among patients with human African trypanosomiasis: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Kwuntida Uthaisar Kotepui, Frederick Ramirez Masangkay, Giovanni De Jesus Milanez, Manas Kotepui

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In one paragraph

Synthesis in Scientific reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
7citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 15% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

7 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Kwuntida Uthaisar KotepuiMedical Technology, School of Allied Health Sciences, Walailak University, Tha Sala, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand.
Frederick Ramirez MasangkayDepartment of Medical Technology, Institute of Arts and Sciences, Far Eastern University-Manila, Manila, Philippines.
Giovanni De Jesus MilanezDepartment of Medical Technology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Royal and Pontifical University of Santo Tomas, Manila, Philippines.
Manas KotepuiMedical Technology, School of Allied Health Sciences, Walailak University, Tha Sala, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand. manas.ko@wu.ac.th.
Walailak University · THFar Eastern University · PHUniversity of Santo Tomas · PH

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) is endemic in Africa; hence, the possibility of co-infection with malaria among patients with HAT exists. The present study investigated co-infection with malaria among patients with HAT to provide current evidence and characteristics to support further studies. Potentially relevant studies that reported Plasmodium spp. infection in patients with HAT was searched in PubMed, Web of Science, and Scopus. The risk of bias among the included studies was assessed using the checklist for analytical cross-sectional studies developed by the Joanna Briggs Institute. The pooled prevalence of Plasmodium spp. infection in patients with HAT was quantitatively synthesized using a random-effects model. Subgroup analyses of study sites and stages of HAT were performed to identify heterogeneity regarding prevalence among the included studies. The heterogeneity of the outcome among the included studies was assessed using Cochran's Q and I

Indexed as

AfricaCoinfectionGeography, MedicalHumansMalariaPatient Outcome AssessmentPrevalencePublication BiasPublic Health SurveillanceRegistriesTrypanosomiasis, African

Identifiers

PMID34893680
PMCPMC8664815
OpenAlexW4200455749

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