Reviewer's report
Title:Human cystic echinococcosis in Heilongjiang Province, China: A
retrospective study
Version:2Date:9 January 2015
Reviewer: Christine Budke
Reviewer's report:
The paper requires substantial editing for language, preferably by a native
English speaker.
Please be careful about your wording when you talk about comparing the various
diagnostic testing procedures (CT, US, ELISA) with histopathology since you are
only describing the test outcomes for those patients with positive histopathology.
Are the authors confident that these patients were infected in Heilongjiang
Province rather than in a known endemic region of China? The authors may want
to discuss this point further.
A map of China indicating the location of Heilongjiang Province would be helpful
for readers not familiar with the geography of China.
Level of interest: An article whose findings are important to those with closely
related research interests
Quality of written English: Not suitable for publication unless extensively edited
Statistical review: No, the manuscript does not need to be seen by a statistician.
Declaration of competing interests:
I declare that I have no competing interests
Reviewer's report
Title:Human cystic echinococcosis in Heilongjiang Province, China: A
retrospective study
Version:2Date:9 January 2015
Reviewer: Christine Budke
Reviewer's report:
The paper requires substantial editing for language, preferably by a native
English speaker.
Please be careful about your wording when you talk about comparing the various
diagnostic testing procedures (CT, US, ELISA) with histopathology since you are
only describing the test outcomes for those patients with positive histopathology.
Are the authors confident that these patients were infected in Heilongjiang
Province rather than in a known endemic region of China? The authors may want
to discuss this point further.
A map of China indicating the location of Heilongjiang Province would be helpful
for readers not familiar with the geography of China.
Level of interest: An article whose findings are important to those with closely
related research interests
Quality of written English: Not suitable for publication unless extensively edited
Statistical review: No, the manuscript does not need to be seen by a statistician.
Declaration of competing interests:
I declare that I have no competing interests
Please review this paper.
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Reviewer's report
Title:Human cystic echinococcosis in Heilongjiang Province, China: A
retrospective study
Version:2Date:9 January 2015
Reviewer: Christine Budke
Reviewer's report:
The paper requires substantial editing for language, preferably by a native
English speaker.
Please be careful about your wording when you talk about comparing the various
diagnostic testing procedures (CT, US, ELISA) with histopathology since you are
only describing the test outcomes for those patients with positive histopathology.
Are the authors confident that these patients were infected in Heilongjiang
Province rather than in a known endemic region of China? The authors may want
to discuss this point further.
A map of China indicating the location of Heilongjiang Province would be helpful
for readers not familiar with the geography of China.
Level of interest: An article whose findings are important to those with closely
related research interests
Quality of written English: Not suitable for publication unless extensively edited
Statistical review: No, the manuscript does not need to be seen by a statistician.
Declaration of competing interests:
I declare that I have no competing interests
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