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ReviewAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI2023

Animal and Human Dirofilariasis in India and Sri Lanka: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Sandani S Thilakarathne, Nicholas K Y Yuen, Mohammad Mahmudul Hassan, Thishan C Yahathugoda, Swaid Abdullah

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In one paragraph

Review in Animals : an open access journal from MDPI, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
7citing papers in PubMed
5.4field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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

7 citing papers in PubMed, 28 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Epidemiological and Molecular Investigation ofAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2026
    Article
  3. First molecular characterization ofFrontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2026
    Article
  4. Review
  5. Migratory Soft-Tissue Swelling Owing to Subcutaneous Dirofilariasis.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2025
    Article
  6. Article
  7. Review
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 2 institutions in 3 countries.

Sandani S ThilakarathneDepartment of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ruhuna, Galle P.O. Box 70, Sri Lanka.ORCID 0000-0002-4661-5655
Nicholas K Y YuenSchool of Veterinary Science, The University of Queensland, Gatton, QLD 4343, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-7406-8102
Mohammad Mahmudul HassanSchool of Veterinary Science, The University of Queensland, Gatton, QLD 4343, Australia.
Thishan C YahathugodaDepartment of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ruhuna, Galle P.O. Box 70, Sri Lanka.
Swaid AbdullahSchool of Veterinary Science, The University of Queensland, Gatton, QLD 4343, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-5928-9086
The University of Queensland · AUUniversity of Ruhuna · LK

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Dirofilariasis is an emerging vector-borne tropical disease of public health importance that mainly affects humans and dogs.

Indexed as

D. immitisD. repensheartwormmosquito-borneOne Healthparasitesvector-borne infectious disease

Identifiers

PMID37174588
PMCPMC10177550
OpenAlexW4376630926

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Registered trials

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