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ArticleInternational journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases2016

Hosting of mass gathering sporting events during the 2013-2016 Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa: experience from three African countries.

Lucille Blumberg, Jetri Regmi, Tina Endricks, Brian McCloskey, Eskild Petersen, Alimuddin Zumla, Maurizio Barbeschi

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Article in International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
10citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 19% 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

10 citing papers in PubMed, 27 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Mass Gathering Medicine in Soccer Leagues: A Review and Creation of the SALEM Tool.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021
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  8. What is the experience from previous mass gathering events? Lessons for Zika virus and the Olympics 2016.International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases · 2016
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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

7 authors at 5 institutions in 4 countries.

Lucille BlumbergNational Institute for Communicable Diseases, Division of Public Health Surveillance and Response, 1 Modderfontein Rd, Sandringham, Johannesburg, 2192, South Africa. Electronic address: lucilleb@nicd.ac.za.
Jetri RegmiWorld Health Organization WHO/HSE/GCR, Geneva, Switzerland.
Tina EndricksGlobal Health Department, Public Health England, London, UK.
Brian McCloskeyGlobal Health Department, Public Health England, London, UK.
Eskild PetersenInstitute of Clinical Medicine, University of Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark; The Royal Hospital, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman.
Alimuddin ZumlaDivision of Infection and Immunity, University College London and NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, UCL Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
Maurizio BarbeschiWorld Health Organization WHO/HSE/GCR, Geneva, Switzerland.
Public Health England · GBWorld Health Organization · CHNational Institute for Communicable DiseasesRoyal Hospital · OMUCL Biomedical Research Centre · GB

Funding

World Health Organization 001
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Ebola virusMass gatheringSporting eventWest Africa

Identifiers

PMID27321960
PMCPMC7110551
OpenAlexW2427486784

What OpenQuestion holds

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Registered trials

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