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ReviewHeliyon2024

A comprehensive exploration of schistosomiasis: Global impact, molecular characterization, drug discovery, artificial intelligence and future prospects.

William Ekloh, Andy Asafu-Adjaye, Christopher Nii Laryea Tawiah-Mensah, Selina Mawunyo Ayivi-Tosuh, Naa Kwarley-Aba Quartey, Albert Fynn Aiduenu, Blessing Kwabena Gayi, Juliet Ama Mawusi Koudonu, Laud Anthony Basing, Jennifer Afua Afrifa Yamoah and 2 more

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Review in Heliyon, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
8citing papers in PubMed
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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

8 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Plant-Derived Terpenes as Emerging Therapeutics Against Schistosomiasis.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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  2. Cross-reactivity and localization of Schistosoma mansoni antigen for immunodiagnosis.Brazilian journal of medical and biological research = Revista brasileira de pesquisas medicas e biologicas · 2026
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  7. Schistosomiasis trends and control efforts: a global perspective from 1990 to 2050.European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical 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

12 authors.

William EklohDepartment of Biochemistry, School of Biological Sciences, College of Agriculture and Natural Sciences, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana.
Andy Asafu-AdjayeDepartment of Parasitology, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana, Legon, Accra, Ghana.
Christopher Nii Laryea Tawiah-MensahDepartment of Parasitology, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana, Legon, Accra, Ghana.
Selina Mawunyo Ayivi-TosuhMedical Laboratory Technology Department, Accra Technical University, Accra, Ghana.
Naa Kwarley-Aba QuarteyDepartment of Food Science and Technology, Faculty of Biosciences, College of Science, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana.
Albert Fynn AiduenuWest African Centre for Cell Biology of Infectious Pathogens, University of Ghana, Legon, Accra, Ghana.
Blessing Kwabena GayiWest African Centre for Cell Biology of Infectious Pathogens, University of Ghana, Legon, Accra, Ghana.
Juliet Ama Mawusi KoudonuDepartment of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana.
Laud Anthony BasingDepartment of Medical Diagnostics, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana.
Jennifer Afua Afrifa YamoahAnimal Health Division, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research-Animal Research Institute, Adenta-Frafraha, Accra, Ghana.
Aboagye Kwarteng DofuorDepartment of Biological Sciences, School of Natural and Environmental Sciences, University of Environment and Sustainable Development, Somanya, Ghana.
Joseph Harold Nyarko OseiDepartment of Parasitology, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana, Legon, Accra, Ghana.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Schistosomiasis, one of the neglected tropical diseases which affects both humans and animals, is caused by trematode worms of the genus

Indexed as

Anti-schistosomalArtificial intelligenceCercariaeMiracidiaPraziquantelSchistosomaSchistosomiasis

Identifiers

PMID38988508
PMCPMC11234110

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