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ArticleAMA journal of ethics2024

Bat-Borne Pathogens and Public Health in Rural African Artisanal Gold Mines.

Jonathan S Towner, Luke Nyakarahuka, Patrick Atimnedi

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Article in AMA journal of ethics, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
3.1field-weighted citation impact, top 9% 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

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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

3 citing papers in PubMed, 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

3 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Jonathan S TownerLead virologist for the Virus Host Ecology Section within the Viral Special Pathogens Branch at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, Georgia.
Luke Nyakarahukaecturer at Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda.
Patrick AtimnediSenior veterinary manager at the Uganda Wildlife Authority.
Makerere University · UGThe Centers · USUganda Wildlife Authority · UG

Funding

Intramural CDC HHS CC999999
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Marburg virus, the first filovirus discovered and a close cousin to the Ebola virus, is carried by the Egyptian rousette bat, a common cave-dwelling fruit bat endemic to sub-Saharan Africa whose populations can exceed 50 000 individuals. Community outbreaks of Marburg virus can result in high morbidity rates. In eastern Africa, favorite habitats of these bats include rural subterranean gold mines-sometimes worked illegally-that create environments conducive to zoonotic virus transmission. This commentary on a case describes how outbreaks of Marburg virus disease among people exposed to sub-Saharan African caves and mines containing these bats cause tensions among miners, companies, public health officials, and conservationists.

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ChiropteraMarburgvirusMarburg Virus DiseaseAnimalsDisease OutbreaksHumansPublic Health

Identifiers

PMID38306200
PMCPMC11932451
OpenAlexW4391486921

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Registered trials

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