Evidence map›Paper›PMID 28537557›Full record

ArticleeLife2017

Anneli Cooper, Hamidou Ilboudo, V Pius Alibu, Sophie Ravel, John Enyaru, William Weir, Harry Noyes, Paul Capewell, Mamadou Camara, Jacqueline Milet and 5 more

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Article in eLife, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 75 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
75citing papers in PubMed, 4 pooled it
8.8field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

75 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 127 citations in OpenAlex.

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15 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors at 6 institutions in 4 countries.

Anneli CooperWellcome Trust Centre for Molecular Parasitology, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-1159-142X
Hamidou IlboudoCentre International de Recherche-Développement sur l'Elevage en zone Subhumide, Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso.
V Pius AlibuTrypanoGEN, H3Africa Consortium, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.
Sophie RavelUnité Mixte de Recherche IRD-CIRAD 177, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Montpellier, France.
John EnyaruTrypanoGEN, H3Africa Consortium, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.
William WeirWellcome Trust Centre for Molecular Parasitology, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom.
Harry NoyesWellcome Trust Centre for Molecular Parasitology, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom.
Paul CapewellWellcome Trust Centre for Molecular Parasitology, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom.
Mamadou CamaraTrypanoGEN, H3Africa Consortium, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.
Jacqueline MiletUnité Mixte de Recherche IRD-CIRAD 177, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Montpellier, France.
Vincent JamonneauCentre International de Recherche-Développement sur l'Elevage en zone Subhumide, Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso.
Oumou CamaraProgramme National de Lutte contre la Trypanosomiase Humaine Africaine, Conakry, Guinea.
Enock MatovuTrypanoGEN, H3Africa Consortium, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.
Bruno BuchetonTrypanoGEN, H3Africa Consortium, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.
Annette MacLeodWellcome Trust Centre for Molecular Parasitology, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-0150-5049
Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement · FRWellcome Centre for Molecular Parasitology · GBMakerere University · UGCentre international de recherche-développement sur l'elevage en zone subhumide · BFCoordinating Office for Control of Trypanosomiasis in Uganda · UGUniversity of Liverpool · GB

Funding

Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Reduced susceptibility to infectious disease can increase the frequency of otherwise deleterious alleles. In populations of African ancestry, two

Indexed as

AllelesDisease ResistanceGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseAfrica South of the SaharaApolipoprotein L1Case-Control StudiesGenotypeHumansKidney DiseasesSelection, GeneticTrypanosoma brucei gambienseTrypanosoma brucei rhodesienseTrypanosomiasis, AfricanAPOL1 protein, humanApolipoprotein L1chronic kidney diseaseevolutionary biologygenomicshumanHuman African trypanosomiasisinfectious diseasemicrobiologysleeping sicknessTrypanosoma bruceiTrypanosoma brucei gambienseTrypanosoma brucei rhodesiense

Identifiers

PMID28537557
PMCPMC5495568
OpenAlexW2619254835

What OpenQuestion holds

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Registered trials

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