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SynthesisBMJ global health2022

Global seroprevalence and sociodemographic characteristics of

Yan Dong, Guozhong Zhou, Wenjing Cao, Xin Xu, Yu Zhang, Zhenhua Ji, Jiaru Yang, Jingjing Chen, Meixiao Liu, Yuxin Fan and 6 more

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In one paragraph

Synthesis in BMJ global health, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 47 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
47citing 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

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

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  7. The Development and Acceptability of a Psychology-Based Intervention for Debilitating Symptom Complexes Attributed to Ticks.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2026
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  15. Global prevalence ofNew microbes and new infections · 2025
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  16. Repeated cross-sectional surveys show a decreasing trend inEuro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin · 2025
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  18. A NovelPathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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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

16 authors.

Yan DongThe Institute for Tropical Medicine, Kunming Medical University, Kunming, China.
Guozhong ZhouThe Institute for Tropical Medicine, Kunming Medical University, Kunming, China.
Wenjing CaoThe Institute for Tropical Medicine, Kunming Medical University, Kunming, China.
Xin XuThe Institute for Tropical Medicine, Kunming Medical University, Kunming, China.
Yu ZhangThe Institute for Tropical Medicine, Kunming Medical University, Kunming, China.
Zhenhua JiThe Institute for Tropical Medicine, Kunming Medical University, Kunming, China.
Jiaru YangThe Institute for Tropical Medicine, Kunming Medical University, Kunming, China.
Jingjing ChenThe Institute for Tropical Medicine, Kunming Medical University, Kunming, China.
Meixiao LiuThe Institute for Tropical Medicine, Kunming Medical University, Kunming, China.
Yuxin FanThe Institute for Tropical Medicine, Kunming Medical University, Kunming, China.
Jing KongThe Institute for Tropical Medicine, Kunming Medical University, Kunming, China.
Shiyuan WenThe Institute for Tropical Medicine, Kunming Medical University, Kunming, China.
Bingxue LiThe Institute for Tropical Medicine, Kunming Medical University, Kunming, China.
Peng YueThe Institute for Tropical Medicine, Kunming Medical University, Kunming, China.
Aihua LiuThe Institute for Tropical Medicine, Kunming Medical University, Kunming, China baofukai@kmmu.edu.cn liuaihua@kmmu.edu.cn.
Fukai BaoThe Institute for Tropical Medicine, Kunming Medical University, Kunming, China baofukai@kmmu.edu.cn liuaihua@kmmu.edu.cn.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introduction

methodsWe searched PubMed, Embase, Web of Science and other sources for relevant studies of all study designs through 30 December 2021 with the following keywords: '

resultsOf 4196 studies, 137 were eligible for full-text screening, and 89 (158 287 individuals) were included in meta-analyses. The reported estimated global

conclusionThe reported estimated global PROSPERO REGISTRATION NUMBER: CRD42021261362.

Indexed as

Borrelia burgdorferiBorrelia burgdorferi GroupLyme DiseaseEuropeHumansMaleMiddle AgedSeroepidemiologic Studiescross-sectional surveydescriptive studyepidemiologyinfections, diseases, disorders, injuriesmedical microbiology

Identifiers

PMID35697507
PMCPMC9185477

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