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Review
. 2019 Jun;9(1):010302.
doi: 10.7189/jogh.09.010302.

Leptospirosis under the bibliometrics radar: evidence for a vicious circle of neglect

Cyrille Goarant  1 , Mathieu Picardeau  2 , Serge Morand  3   4 , K Marie McIntyre  5   6
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Review

Leptospirosis under the bibliometrics radar: evidence for a vicious circle of neglect

Cyrille Goarant et al. J Glob Health. 2019 Jun.
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Competing interests: The authors have completed the Unified Competing Interest form at www.icmje.org/coi_disclosure.pdf (available on request from the corresponding author) and declare no conflict of interest.

Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
Relationship between the global burden of disease (in DALYs estimated by World Health Organization (WHO) for 2015) and relative research impact (H-index score, calculated using Web of Knowledge and a search period from 1900 to 2018). This provides evidence for the neglect of leptospirosis in panel A. Relationship between the global burden of disease and research funding (annual funding in USD adjusted to 2016 US$, from G-finder) in panel B, confirming the negative impact on research resources in relation to leptospirosis burden. Green dots are for diseases classified as “neglected tropical diseases” by WHO, a red triangle defines leptospirosis; blue dots are for other diseases. Parallel to the linear regression line calculated using information for all diseases in each plot (blue), the red line illustrates the distance below the regression line for leptospirosis. Detailed data are available in Table S1 in Online Supplementary Document.
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Photo: Backyard subsistence pig farming is probably a major source of leptospirosis in most of the Pacific Island Countries and Territories, where the highest burden is reported from around the globe (from C. Goarant, used with permission)
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