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ArticleHeliyon2023

Prevalence and risk factors of bovine tuberculosis in slaughtered cattle, Malawi.

Thoko Flav Kapalamula, Francis Kawonga, Misheck Shawa, Joseph Chizimu, Jeewan Thapa, Mirriam Ethel Nyenje, Rajhab Sawasawa Mkakosya, Kyoko Hayashida, Stephen Gordon, Chie Nakajima and 3 more

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Article in Heliyon, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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9citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 19% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 8 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

13 authors at 4 institutions in 4 countries.

Thoko Flav KapalamulaDivision of Bioresources, International Institute for Zoonosis Control, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.
Francis KawongaDepartment of Veterinary Medicine, Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Lilongwe, Malawi.
Misheck ShawaDivision of Infection and Immunity, International Institute for Zoonosis Control, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.
Joseph ChizimuDivision of Bioresources, International Institute for Zoonosis Control, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.
Jeewan ThapaDivision of Bioresources, International Institute for Zoonosis Control, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.
Mirriam Ethel NyenjeCommunity Health Sciences Unit, National Tuberculosis Reference Laboratory, Lilongwe, Malawi.
Rajhab Sawasawa MkakosyaDepartment of Pathology, College of Medicine, Blantyre, Malawi.
Kyoko HayashidaDivision of Collaboration and Education, International Institute for Zoonosis Control, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.
Stephen GordonSchool of Veterinary Medicine, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.
Chie NakajimaDivision of Bioresources, International Institute for Zoonosis Control, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.
Musso MunyemeSchool of Veterinary Medicine, The University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia.
Bernard M Hang'ombeSchool of Veterinary Medicine, The University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia.
Yasuhiko SuzukiDivision of Bioresources, International Institute for Zoonosis Control, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.
Hokkaido University · JPUniversity of Zambia · ZMLilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources · MWUniversity College Dublin · IE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bovine tuberculosis (bTB) is an infectious disease with significant socioeconomic, animal, and public health impacts. However, the prevalence of bTB remains largely unclear in Malawi due to a paucity of information. Additionally, the existence of multiple risk factors is postulated to enhance bTB transmission in animals. A cross-sectional survey to estimate the prevalence of bTB, animal characteristics and identify associated risk factors was conducted from slaughtered cattle at three major regional abattoirs (southern, central and northern regions) in Malawi. Out of a total of 1547 cattle examined, 154 (9.95%) had bTB-like lesions in various visceral organs and lymph nodes; one sample per animal was collected, processed, and cultured in the in the BACTEC Mycobacterial growth indicator tube (MGIT) 960 system. From the 154 cattle that showed tuberculous like lesions, only 112 were positive on MGIT and 87 were confirmed to have

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Bovine tuberculosisMalawiMycobacterium bovisRegional abattoirsSlaughtered cattle

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PMID36865451
PMCPMC9970890
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