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SynthesisPathogens (Basel, Switzerland)2024

Schistosomiasis-Microbiota Interactions: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Philip Afful, Godwin Kwami Abotsi, Czarina Owusua Adu-Gyamfi, George Benyem, Gnatoulma Katawa, Samuel Kyei, Kathrin Arndts, Manuel Ritter, Kwame Kumi Asare

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Synthesis in Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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7citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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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

7 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Pooled it
  3. Co-infection withParasite epidemiology and control · 2026
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  4. Review
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  6. Impact of Climate Change on Schistosomiasis Transmission and Distribution-Scoping Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025
    Article
  7. Review
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

9 authors.

Philip AffulBiomedical and Clinical Research Centre, College of Health and Allied Sciences, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana.ORCID 0009-0004-9281-0066
Godwin Kwami AbotsiBiomedical and Clinical Research Centre, College of Health and Allied Sciences, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana.
Czarina Owusua Adu-GyamfiBiomedical and Clinical Research Centre, College of Health and Allied Sciences, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana.
George BenyemBiomedical and Clinical Research Centre, College of Health and Allied Sciences, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, 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.ORCID 0000-0002-4131-5274
Samuel KyeiBiomedical and Clinical Research Centre, College of Health and Allied Sciences, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana.ORCID 0000-0003-2568-8246
Kathrin ArndtsInstitute for Medical Microbiology, Immunology, and Parasitology (IMMIP), University Hospital Bonn (UKB), 53127 Bonn, Germany.
Manuel RitterInstitute for Medical Microbiology, Immunology, and Parasitology (IMMIP), University Hospital Bonn (UKB), 53127 Bonn, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-8667-2067
Kwame Kumi AsareBiomedical and Clinical Research Centre, College of Health and Allied Sciences, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionSchistosomiasis, a tropical disease affecting humans and animals, affected 251.4 million people in 2021.

methodsThis systematic review used PRISMA guidelines to identify peer-reviewed articles on schistosomiasis and its interactions with the host microbiome, using multiple databases and Google Scholar, providing a robust dataset for analysis. The study utilized Meta-Mar v3.5.1; descriptive tests, random-effects models, and subgroups were analyzed for the interaction between Schistosomiasis and the microbiome. Forest plots, Cochran's Q test, and Higgins' inconsistency statistic (I

resultsThe human

conclusionsSchistosomiasis significantly disrupts the host microbiota across various bodily sites, leading to increased susceptibility to different bacterial taxa such as

Indexed as

MicrobiotaSchistosomiasisAnimalsGastrointestinal MicrobiomeHumansSchistosomadysbiosisimmune modulationmicrobial diversitymicrobiotaschistosomiasis

Identifiers

PMID39452777
PMCPMC11510367

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