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ArticleMycopathologia2015

Call for a California coccidioidomycosis consortium to face the top ten challenges posed by a recalcitrant regional disease.

George R Thompson, David A Stevens, Karl V Clemons, Josh Fierer, Royce H Johnson, Jane Sykes, George Rutherford, Michael Peterson, John W Taylor, Vishnu Chaturvedi

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Article in Mycopathologia, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
11citing papers in PubMed
3.2field-weighted citation impact, top 8% 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

11 citing papers in PubMed, 25 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

10 authors at 7 institutions in 1 country.

George R ThompsonDepartment of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Coccidioidomycosis Serology Laboratory, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, USA, grthompson@ucdavis.edu.
David A Stevens
Karl V Clemons
Josh Fierer
Royce H Johnson
Jane Sykes
George Rutherford
Michael Peterson
John W Taylor
Vishnu Chaturvedi
University of California, Berkeley · USUniversity of California, Davis · USUniversity of California, San Francisco · USCalifornia Institute for Medical Research · USStanford University · USUniversity of California, Los Angeles · USUniversity of California, San Diego · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Coccidioidomycosis ('Valley Fever'), caused by the inhalation of the fungus Coccidioides, remains a recalcitrant health problem in large parts of California. The incidence and severity of the disease continues to rise in many parts of the state. In this manuscript, we highlight unanswered questions about the disease. Specifically, the extent of disease burden, genetic determinants of host susceptibility, diagnostic and treatment guidelines, natural reservoirs of the pathogens, antifungal drug resistance, and fungal determinants of mild or severe disease are all areas awaiting in depth investigations. We also recommend establishment of a California Coccidioidomycosis Registry to improve clinical care and translational research.

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CaliforniaCoccidioidesCoccidioidomycosisDisease ReservoirsDrug Resistance, FungalHumans

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PMID25318989
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