Review Article

Cystic Echinococcosis: An Impact Assessment of Prevention Programs in Endemic Developing Countries in Africa, Central Asia, and South America

Table 3

Search outcome inclusion/exclusion strategy.

Database
1.Date
(2015-2021)
2. Full text and abstract3.Excluded
document or article types
4.Excluded “Research or subject areas”5. Non-English articles excluded6. Excluded study types7. Relevance to RQ: title, abstract, and full textDuplicates
Total: 17
Total Included
Studies

CAB Abstracts®
and Global Health®
(1973-present)
No search selection available130
4861 articles left
436
4425 articles (4861-4425)
13 “research areas”
936
(4425-3489)
11
(1 Mathematical modeling-Bayesian
1 case control
8 narrative reviews
1 systemic review)
(3489-11 = 3,478)
3471
(3478-1-6)
1
Previous studies ex: [29, 30]. Recent article on complete 8-year program included [2]
6
PubMed112
(4932-4820)
37
(4820-4783)
Study types excluded: systemic reviews, meta-analyses, control trials, and book chapter
No search selection available41
(4783-4742)
15
(4742-15 = 4,727)
1 case control
1 report
11 narrative reviews
2 systemic reviews
4716
(4727-9-2 = 4, 716)
92
ScienceDirect (see Appendix A for detailed selection process)No search selection available348 “subject areas”No search selection available342427
(5 duplicate PubMed, 6 duplicate CAB) (1 article both CAB and PubMed)
2
WHO
Echinococcosis Webpage AND
IRIS
IRIS: 3535 articles left after initial non-full text exclusion
WHO Website: 2 research articles
No search selection availableNo search selection availableIRIS: 578
(3535-2957)
Website: 1 website article
IRIS: 957 publications
1 Meeting Report
1 narrative review
IRIS: 1998
WHO site: 2
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Total articles included: 10.