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ReviewPathogens (Basel, Switzerland)2022

Epidemiology of Ticks and Tick-Borne Pathogens in Domestic Ruminants across Southern African Development Community (SADC) Region from 1980 until 2021: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Mpho Tawana, ThankGod E Onyiche, Tsepo Ramatla, Sibusiso Mtshali, Oriel Thekisoe

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Review in Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
10citing papers in PubMed, 4 pooled it
3.4field-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

10 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 19 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

5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Mpho TawanaUnit for Environmental Sciences and Management, North-West University, Potchefstroom 2531, South Africa.
ThankGod E OnyicheDepartment of Veterinary Parasitology and Entomology, University of Maiduguri, Maiduguri 600230, Nigeria.ORCID 0000-0001-6738-2291
Tsepo RamatlaUnit for Environmental Sciences and Management, North-West University, Potchefstroom 2531, South Africa.
Sibusiso MtshaliFoundational Research and Services, South African National Biodiversity Institute, National Zoological Gardens, Pretoria 0001, South Africa.
Oriel ThekisoeUnit for Environmental Sciences and Management, North-West University, Potchefstroom 2531, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0003-0700-4787
North-West University · ZASouth African National Biodiversity Institute · ZAUniversity of Maiduguri · NG

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ticks are hematophagous ectoparasites that are capable of infesting a wide range of mammals, including domestic animals, ruminants, wildlife, and humans across the world, and they transmit disease-causing pathogens. Numerous individual epidemiological studies have been conducted on the distribution and prevalence of ticks and tick-borne diseases (TBDs) in the Southern African Developing Community (SADC) region, but no effort has been undertaken to synchronize findings, which would be helpful in the implementation of consolidated tick control measures. With the aim of generating consolidated pooled prevalence estimates of ticks and TBDs in the SADC region, we performed a systematic review and meta-analysis of published articles using the PRISMA 2020 guidelines. A deep search was performed on five electronic databases, namely, PubMed, ScienceDirect, Google Scholar, AJOL, and Springer Link. Of the 347 articles identified, only 61 of the articles were eligible for inclusion. In total, 18,355 tick specimens were collected, belonging to the genera

Indexed as

AmblyommaAnaplasmaBabesiaBoophilusHaemaphysalisHyalommaRhipicephalusRicketssiaSADCTheileriaticks and tick-borne pathogens

Identifiers

PMID36015049
PMCPMC9414594
OpenAlexW4292259724

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Registered trials

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