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ArticleCureus2024

Epidemiological Perspectives: A Four-Year Insight Into Hepatitis C Surveillance in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Ali Almajid, Hassan Albarbari, Ali Bazroon, Hashim Al-Awami, Rahaf Aljurayyad, Razan Albadran, Zainab Alkhamis, Haider Alomair, Yamama Aljishi

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Article in Cureus, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
1.8field-weighted citation impact, top 16% 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

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

4 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Epidemiology and patterns of GI tract cancers in Saudi Arabia: benefit of prompt lifestyle changes.International journal of clinical and experimental pathology · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Ali AlmajidDepartment of Internal Medicine, King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Dammam, SAU.
Hassan AlbarbariDepartment of Internal Medicine, King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Dammam, SAU.
Ali BazroonDepartment of Internal Medicine, King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Dammam, SAU.
Hashim Al-AwamiDepartment of Internal Medicine, King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Dammam, SAU.
Rahaf AljurayyadCollege of Medicine, Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University, Riyadh, SAU.
Razan AlbadranCollege of Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, SAU.
Zainab AlkhamisCollege of Medicine, Gulf Medical University, Ajman, ARE.
Haider AlomairCollege of Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, SAU.
Yamama AljishiDepartment of Internal Medicine, King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Dammam, SAU.
King Fahad Specialist Hospital · SAGulf Medical University · AEIslamic University · BD

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Introduction Hepatitis C is a viral disease caused by the hepatitis C virus (HCV), a member of the

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hcvhepatitis c virusmohsaudi arabiasurveillance

Identifiers

PMID38249649
PMCPMC10800009
OpenAlexW4391065992

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