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ReviewMicrobes and infection2010

Molecular mechanisms of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli infection.

James M Fleckenstein, Philip R Hardwidge, George P Munson, David A Rasko, Halvor Sommerfelt, Hans Steinsland

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Review in Microbes and infection, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 172 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
172citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
11.2field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

172 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 307 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

James M FleckensteinMedicine Service Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Memphis, TN 38104, USA. jflecke1@tennessee.edu
Philip R Hardwidge
George P Munson
David A Rasko
Halvor Sommerfelt
Hans Steinsland
University of Bergen · NOUniversity of Kansas Medical Center · USUniversity of Maryland, Baltimore · USUniversity of Miami · USVeterans Health Administration · US

Funding

Novel Antigen Identification for an Enterotoxigenic E. coli VaccineR01AI089894 · NIAID · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI Zachary T. Berndsen, James Michael Fleckenstein · 2010 to 2026
$7.4M
Molecular Pathogenesis of Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli InfectionsI01BX001469 · VA · ST. LOUIS VA MEDICAL CENTER · PI FLECKENSTEIN, JAMES MICHAEL · 2013 to 2017
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BLRD VA I01 BX001469NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI089894
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) are a major cause of diarrheal illness in developing countries, and perennially the most common cause of traveller's diarrhea. ETEC constitute a diverse pathotype that elaborate heat-labile and/or heat-stable enterotoxins. Recent molecular pathogenesis studies reveal sophisticated pathogen-host interactions that might be exploited in efforts to prevent these important infections. While vaccine development for these important pathogens remains a formidable challenge, extensive efforts that attempt to exploit new genomic and proteomic technology platforms in discovery of novel targets are presently ongoing.

Indexed as

Adhesins, Escherichia coliBacterial VaccinesDysenteryEnterotoxigenic Escherichia coliEscherichia coli InfectionsFimbriae, BacterialHumansIntegration Host FactorsIntestine, SmallVirulenceVirulence FactorsAdhesins, Escherichia coliBacterial VaccinesIntegration Host FactorsVirulence Factors

Identifiers

PMID19883790
PMCPMC10647112
OpenAlexW1995997417

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Registered trials

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