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Article Evaluation - Leah's Input

3.1: Is everything in the article relevant to the article topic? Is there anything that distracted you?

Overall, the information presented in this article is relevant to the topic of African Tick Bite Fever. However, information was repeated multiple times, even within the introduction (i.e., symptoms resolve in a few weeks). Furthermore, information was not presented logically throughout the article (i.e., antibiotic treatment is mentioned in the “diagnoses” section before the different tests are presented and explained). This illogical presentation of information and the use of short, direct sentences, limits the overall flow of the article. Another example of illogical presentation of information is the subheading called “Vectors” under the heading “Causes”. This is problematic two-fold: (1) the wording of this subheading is out of place as it is not descriptive of the information contained within (it would more accurately be named “Transmission” and (2) it  contains information which does not belong under the heading “Cause” (i.e., prevalence of infectious tick species in different location).

Another distracting finding was that the article readily contains information that contradicts itself. It states that the fever is asymptomatic, but then also states that symptoms resolve in a few weeks. It also states that diagnosis is based on symptoms, then goes on to list clinical signs they look for to diagnose (i.e., PRC, culture, etc.), not symptoms. Finally, Josamysin is one antibiotic briefly mentioned that is used for pregnant women who have an infection, but it not included in the overall list of antibiotics.

Treatment of ATBF with tetracycline, which is a tetracycline class drug.