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ReviewInfection and drug resistance2023

The Impact of Targeted Treatment and Mass Drug Administration Delivery Strategies on the Prevalence and Intensity of Schistosomiasis in School Aged Children in Africa: A Systematic Review.

Nathan Chanhanga, Tafadzwa Mindu, John Mogaka, Moses Chimbari

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In one paragraph

Review in Infection and drug resistance, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
8citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.1field-weighted citation impact, top 10% 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

8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 11 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

4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Nathan ChanhangaSchool of Nursing and Public Health, University of KwaZulu Natal, Durban, South Africa.
Tafadzwa MinduSchool of Nursing and Public Health, University of KwaZulu Natal, Durban, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0001-8244-8439
John MogakaSchool of Nursing and Public Health, University of KwaZulu Natal, Durban, South Africa.
Moses ChimbariSchool of Nursing and Public Health, University of KwaZulu Natal, Durban, South Africa.
University of KwaZulu-Natal · ZAGreat Zimbabwe University · ZW

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Schistosomiasis is a public health problem in more than 78 countries in the world. The disease is most prevalent among children than adults due to their high exposure to infectious water sources. Various interventions such as mass drug administration (MDA), snail control, safe water provision and health education have been implemented independently or jointly to control, reduce and ultimately eliminate Schistosomiasis. This scoping review focused on studies reporting the impact of different delivery strategies of targeted treatment and MDA on the prevalence and intensity of schistosomiasis infection in school aged children in Africa. The review focused on

Indexed as

impactintensitymass drug administrationprevalenceschistosomiasisschool aged childrentargeted treatment

Identifiers

PMID37138838
PMCPMC10150034
OpenAlexW4366992490

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