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ArticleMalawi medical journal : the journal of Medical Association of Malawi2009

History of rotavirus research in children in Malawi: the pursuit of a killer.

Nigel Cunliffe, Desiree Wittel, Bagrey Ngwira

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Article in Malawi medical journal : the journal of Medical Association of Malawi, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Fanuel Bickton talks to Desiree Witte on her clinical research experience with vaccines in Malawi.Malawi medical journal : the journal of Medical Association of Malawi · 2017
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Nigel CunliffeDivision of Medical Microbiology, School of Infection and Host Defence, University of Liverpool, Duncan Building, Daulby Street, Liverpool L69 3GA, UK.
Desiree Wittel
Bagrey Ngwira

Funding

Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Rotavirus gastroenteritis is a major health problem among Malawian children. Studies spanning 20 years have described the importance, epidemiology and viral characteristics of rotavirus infections in the country. Despite a wide diversity of circulating rotavirus strains causing severe disease in young infants, a clinical trial of a human rotavirus vaccine clearly demonstrated the potential for rotavirus vaccination to greatly reduce the morbidity and mortality due to rotavirus diarrhoea in Malawi. This new enteric vaccine initiative represents a major opportunity to improve the health and survival of Malawian children.

Indexed as

RotavirusBiomedical ResearchChildChild MortalityHistory, 20th CenturyHistory, 21st CenturyHumansMalawiRotavirus InfectionsVaccinationViral VaccinesViral Vaccines

Identifiers

PMID20345020
PMCPMC3717492

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