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ArticleVaccine2016

Congenital anomalies: Case definition and guidelines for data collection, analysis, and presentation of immunization safety data.

Malini DeSilva, Flor M Munoz, Mark Mcmillan, Alison Tse Kawai, Helen Marshall, Kristine K Macartney, Jyoti Joshi, Martina Oneko, Annette Elliott Rose, Helen Dolk and 7 more

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Article in Vaccine, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 76 papers, 9 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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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

76 citing papers in PubMed, 9 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

  1. Adverse outcomes among pregnant women with COVID-19 according to hospitalization status: A prospective individual participant data meta-analysis in Europe and North America.International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics · 2026
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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

17 authors.

Malini DeSilvaHealthPartners Institute, United States.
Flor M MunozBaylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, United States.
Mark McmillanSchool of Paediatrics and Reproductive Health, The University of Adelaide, Australia; Vaccinology and Immunology Research Trials Unit, Women's and Children's Hospital and Robinson Research Institute, University of Adelaide, South Adelaide, Australia.
Alison Tse KawaiDepartment of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School & Harvard Pilgrim Health, United States.
Helen MarshallVaccinology and Immunology Research Trials Unit, Women's and Children's Hospital and Robinson Research Institute, University of Adelaide, South Adelaide, Australia.
Kristine K MacartneyNational Centre for Immunisation Research & Surveillance (NCIRS), Australia; Discipline of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Sydney, Australia.
Jyoti JoshiImmunization Technical Support Unit, Public Health Foundation of India, India.
Martina OnekoKenya Medical Research Institute/CDC, Kisumu, Kenya.
Annette Elliott RoseReproductive Care Program of Nova Scotia, Canada.
Helen DolkWHO Collaborating Centre for the Surveillance of Congenital Anomalies, Ulster University, United Kingdom.
Francesco TrottaUfficio di Farmacovigilanza, Agenxia Italiana del Farmaco, Italy.
Hans SpiegelHenry M. Jackson Foundation, United States.
Sylvie TomczykNovartis influenza vaccines, Cambridge, MA, United States.
Anju ShresthaSanofi Pasteur, United States.
Sonali KochharGlobal Healthcare Consulting, India.
Elyse O KharbandaHealthPartners Institute, United States. Electronic address: contact@brightoncollaboration.org.
Brighton Collaboration Congenital Anomalies Working Group

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Data CollectionCongenital AbnormalitiesDiphtheria-Tetanus-Pertussis VaccineFemaleGuidelines as TopicHumansImmunizationPregnancyPregnancy Complications, InfectiousVaccinesDiphtheria-Tetanus-Pertussis VaccineVaccinesAdverse eventBirth defectCase definitionCongenital abnormalityCongenital anomalyCongenital disordersCongenital malformationsGuidelinesImmunization

Identifiers

PMID27435386
PMCPMC5139892

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