Public Health Reviews (Nov 2020)

Including unpublished surveys in reviews on Chagas disease in Mexico

  • Pierre Buekens,
  • Jorge López-Cárdenas,
  • Eric Dumonteil,
  • Nicolas Padilla-Raygoza

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40985-020-00140-7
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 41, no. 1
pp. 1 – 2

Abstract

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Abstract A consequence of the late awareness of Chagas disease in North America is that many early studies were never published in peer-reviewed journals and are not easily accessible for inclusion in systematic reviews. We reviewed data from the state of Guanajuato, Mexico, as an illustration. Three population-based surveys have been performed between 1991 and 2002 and were never fully published. Systematic reviews should recognize this publication bias.

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