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ArticleMicrobial genomics2015

Region-specific diversification of the highly virulent serotype 1

Jennifer E Cornick, Chrispin Chaguza, Simon R Harris, Feyruz Yalcin, Madikay Senghore, Anmol M Kiran, Shanil Govindpershad, Sani Ousmane, Mignon Du Plessis, Gerd Pluschke and 12 more

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Article in Microbial genomics, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
27citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.4field-weighted citation impact, top 11% 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

27 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 35 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

22 authors at 13 institutions in 8 countries.

Jennifer E CornickThe Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme, University of Malawi College of Medicine, Blantyre, Malawi.
Chrispin ChaguzaThe Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme, University of Malawi College of Medicine, Blantyre, Malawi.
Simon R HarrisThe Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, UK.
Feyruz YalcinThe Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, UK.
Madikay SenghoreMedical Research Council, Banjul, The Gambia.
Anmol M KiranThe Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme, University of Malawi College of Medicine, Blantyre, Malawi.
Shanil GovindpershadNational Institute for Communicable Diseases, Division of the National Health Laboratory Service; and School of Pathology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Sani OusmaneCentre de Recherche Médicale et Sanitaire, Niamey, Niger.
Mignon Du PlessisNational Institute for Communicable Diseases, Division of the National Health Laboratory Service; and School of Pathology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Gerd PluschkeSwiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland.
Chinelo EbrukeMedical Research Council, Banjul, The Gambia.
Lesley McGeeCenters for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Beutel SigaùqueCentro de Investigação em Saúde da Manhiça, Maputo, Mozambique.
Jean-Marc CollardCentre de Recherche Médicale et Sanitaire, Niamey, Niger.
Martin AntonioMedical Research Council, Banjul, The Gambia.
Anne von GottbergNational Institute for Communicable Diseases, Division of the National Health Laboratory Service; and School of Pathology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Neil FrenchUniversity of Liverpool, Institute of Infection and Global Health, Liverpool, UK.
Keith P KlugmanHubert Department of Global Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Robert S HeydermanThe Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme, University of Malawi College of Medicine, Blantyre, Malawi.
Stephen D BentleyThe Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, UK.
Dean B EverettThe Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme, University of Malawi College of Medicine, Blantyre, Malawi.
For The PAGe Consortium
University of Liverpool · GBWellcome Sanger Institute · GBCentre de Recherche Médicale et Sanitaire · NEUniversity of the Witwatersrand · ZACenters for Disease Control and Prevention · USEmory University · USLondon School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine · GBMalawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme · MWManhiça Health Research Centre · MZMRC Unit the Gambia · GMNational Health Laboratory Service · ZASwiss Tropical and Public Health Institute · CHUniversity of Warwick · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Serotype 1

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AfricaAntibiotic ResistanceGenomicsPAGePhylogenyPneumococcal DiseaseRecombination

Identifiers

PMID28348812
PMCPMC5320570
OpenAlexW2157552870

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