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ArticleApplied and environmental microbiology2017

Differentiating Botulinum Neurotoxin-Producing Clostridia with a Simple, Multiplex PCR Assay.

Charles H D Williamson, Adam J Vazquez, Karen Hill, Theresa J Smith, Roxanne Nottingham, Nathan E Stone, Colin J Sobek, Jill H Cocking, Rafael A Fernández, Patricia A Caballero and 3 more

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In one paragraph

Article in Applied and environmental microbiology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
17citing papers in PubMed
3.0field-weighted citation impact, top 9% 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

17 citing papers in PubMed, 31 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

13 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Charles H D WilliamsonPathogen and Microbiome Institute, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona, USA.
Adam J VazquezPathogen and Microbiome Institute, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona, USA.
Karen HillBioscience Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA.
Theresa J SmithMolecular and Translational Sciences Division, United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, Frederick, Maryland, USA.
Roxanne NottinghamPathogen and Microbiome Institute, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona, USA.
Nathan E StonePathogen and Microbiome Institute, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona, USA.
Colin J SobekPathogen and Microbiome Institute, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona, USA.
Jill H CockingInformatics, Computing and Cyber Systems, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona, USA.
Rafael A FernándezÁrea Microbiología, Departamento de Patología, Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, Centro Universitario, Mendoza, Argentina.
Patricia A CaballeroÁrea Microbiología, Departamento de Patología, Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, Centro Universitario, Mendoza, Argentina.
Owen P LeiserPathogen and Microbiome Institute, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona, USA.
Paul KeimPathogen and Microbiome Institute, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0089-5820
Jason W SahlPathogen and Microbiome Institute, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona, USA Jason.Sahl@nau.edu.
Northern Arizona University · USUniversidad Nacional de Cuyo · ARLos Alamos National Laboratory · USUnited States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Diverse members of the genus

Indexed as

Bacterial Typing TechniquesBotulinum ToxinsBotulismClostridium botulinumDNA, BacterialDNA PrimersHumansMultigene FamilyMultiplex Polymerase Chain ReactionNeurotoxinsBotulinum ToxinsDNA, BacterialDNA PrimersNeurotoxinsbiomarkerClostridium botulinumPCRwhole-genome sequencing

Identifiers

PMID28733282
PMCPMC5583490
OpenAlexW2736783641

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Registered trials

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