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ArticleFrontiers in tropical diseases2023

Filariasis research - from basic research to drug development and novel diagnostics, over a decade of research at the Institute for Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology, Bonn, Germany.

Indulekha Karunakaran, Manuel Ritter, Kenneth Pfarr, Ute Klarmann-Schulz, Alexander Yaw Debrah, Linda Batsa Debrah, Gnatoulma Katawa, Samuel Wanji, Sabine Specht, Tomabu Adjobimey and 2 more

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Article in Frontiers in tropical diseases, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 21% 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

3 citing papers in PubMed, 7 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

12 authors at 6 institutions in 5 countries.

Indulekha KarunakaranInstitute for Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology (IMMIP), University Hospital Bonn (UKB), Bonn, Germany.
Manuel RitterInstitute for Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology (IMMIP), University Hospital Bonn (UKB), Bonn, Germany.
Kenneth PfarrInstitute for Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology (IMMIP), University Hospital Bonn (UKB), Bonn, Germany.
Ute Klarmann-SchulzInstitute for Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology (IMMIP), University Hospital Bonn (UKB), Bonn, Germany.
Alexander Yaw DebrahFaculty of Allied Health Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana.
Linda Batsa DebrahKumasi Center for Collaborative Research (KCCR), Kumasi, Ghana.
Gnatoulma KatawaUnité de Recherche en Immunologie et Immunomodulation (UR2IM)/Laboratoire de Microbiologie et de Contrôle de Qualité des Denrées Alimentaires (LAMICODA), Ecole Supérieure des Techniques Biologiques et Alimentaires, Université de Lomé, Lomé, Togo.
Samuel WanjiParasites and Vector Research Unit (PAVRU), Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon.
Sabine SpechtDrugs for Neglected Diseases initiative, Geneva, Switzerland.
Tomabu AdjobimeyInstitute for Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology (IMMIP), University Hospital Bonn (UKB), Bonn, Germany.
Marc P HübnerInstitute for Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology (IMMIP), University Hospital Bonn (UKB), Bonn, Germany.
Achim HoeraufInstitute for Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology (IMMIP), University Hospital Bonn (UKB), Bonn, Germany.
German Center for Infection Research · DEUniversity Hospital Bonn · DEKumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine · GHDrugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative · CHUniversity of Buea · CMUniversity of Lomé · TG

Funding

European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP) TMA2019SFP-2814
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Filariae are vector borne parasitic nematodes, endemic in tropical and subtropical regions causing avoidable infections ranging from asymptomatic to stigmatizing and disfiguring disease. The filarial species that are the major focus of our institution's research are

Indexed as

diagnosticsEosinophilsFilariaImmunomodulationLAMPLitomosoides sigmodontislymphatic filariasismacrofilaricideOnchocerca volvulus

Identifiers

PMID38655130
PMCPMC7615856
OpenAlexW4322772694

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Registered trials

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