Evidence map›Paper›PMID 38059475›Full record

ReviewExperimental biology and medicine (Maywood, N.J.)2023

Challenges and advances in serological and molecular tests to aid leprosy diagnosis.

Leonardo Lopes-Luz, Djairo Pastor Saavedra, Matheus Bernardes Torres Fogaça, Samira Bührer-Sékula, Mariane Martins de Araújo Stefani

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In one paragraph

Review in Experimental biology and medicine (Maywood, N.J.), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
18citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
4.1field-weighted citation impact, top 5% 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

18 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 21 citations in OpenAlex.

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  10. World Leprosy Day 2026: reflections on leprosy surveillance in Europe.Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin · 2026
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  11. Real-Time PCR-Based Detection ofJournal of tropical medicine · 2026
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  16. IFN-γ-Driven macrophage responses in the immunity toFrontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 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

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Leonardo Lopes-LuzLaboratório de Desenvolvimento e Produção de Testes Rápidos, Instituto de Patologia Tropical e Saúde Pública, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia 74605-050, Brasil.
Djairo Pastor SaavedraLaboratório de Desenvolvimento e Produção de Testes Rápidos, Instituto de Patologia Tropical e Saúde Pública, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia 74605-050, Brasil.
Matheus Bernardes Torres FogaçaLaboratório de Desenvolvimento e Produção de Testes Rápidos, Instituto de Patologia Tropical e Saúde Pública, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia 74605-050, Brasil.
Samira Bührer-SékulaLaboratório de Desenvolvimento e Produção de Testes Rápidos, Instituto de Patologia Tropical e Saúde Pública, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia 74605-050, Brasil.ORCID 0000-0002-5984-7770
Mariane Martins de Araújo StefaniLaboratório de Desenvolvimento e Produção de Testes Rápidos, Instituto de Patologia Tropical e Saúde Pública, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia 74605-050, Brasil.
Universidade Federal de Goiás · BR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Leprosy is a neglected chronic infectious disease caused by obligate intracellular bacilli,

Indexed as

Communicable DiseasesLeprosyAdultAntibodies, BacterialAntigens, BacterialChildChild, PreschoolDNADrug Therapy, CombinationGlycolipidsHumansLeprostatic AgentsMycobacterium lepraeAntibodies, BacterialAntigens, BacterialDNAGlycolipidsLeprostatic AgentsdiagnosisLeprosyLID-1PGL-Ipoint-of-care testingRLEP gene

Identifiers

PMID38059475
PMCPMC10800132
OpenAlexW4389438520

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Registered trials

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