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ArticleSexually transmitted infections2018

Cross-sectional study to evaluate

Jane E Nicholls, Katy M E Turner, Paul North, Ralph Ferguson, Margaret T May, Karen Gough, John Macleod, Peter Muir, Patrick J Horner

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Article in Sexually transmitted infections, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 25% 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

6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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  5. The prevalence of Mycoplasma genitalium (MG) and Trichomonas vaginalis (TV) at testing centers in Belgium, Germany, Spain, and the UK using the cobas TV/MG molecular assay.European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology · 2023
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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

9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Jane E NichollsBristol Sexual Health Centre, University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Tower Hill, Bristol, UK.
Katy M E TurnerSchool of Veterinary Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-8152-6017
Paul NorthPublic Health Laboratory Bristol, National Infection Service, Public Health England, Bristol, UK.
Ralph FergusonPublic Health Laboratory Bristol, National Infection Service, Public Health England, Bristol, UK.
Margaret T MayNational Institute for Health Research Health Protection Research Unit (NIHR HPRU) in Evaluation of Interventions in partnership with Public Health England, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.
Karen GoughPublic Health Laboratory Bristol, National Infection Service, Public Health England, Bristol, UK.
John MacleodNational Institute for Health Research Health Protection Research Unit (NIHR HPRU) in Evaluation of Interventions in partnership with Public Health England, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.
Peter MuirNational Institute for Health Research Health Protection Research Unit (NIHR HPRU) in Evaluation of Interventions in partnership with Public Health England, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.
Patrick J HornerBristol Sexual Health Centre, University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Tower Hill, Bristol, UK.
Public Health England · GBUniversity Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundHighly sensitive, commercial nucleic acid amplification tests (NAAT) for

methodsSamples from 9186 women undergoing chlamydia and gonorrhoea testing in South West England between May 2013 and Jan 2015 were also tested for

results

conclusionsAptima TV outperforms existing testing methods used to identify

Indexed as

AdolescentAdultAgedAged, 80 and overAmbulatory Care FacilitiesAsymptomatic InfectionsChlamydia InfectionsChlamydia trachomatisCross-Sectional StudiesEnglandFemaleGonorrheaHumansMiddle AgedMolecular Diagnostic TechniquesNeisseria gonorrhoeaeDIAGNOSISMOLECULAR TECHNIQUESPRIMARY CARETRICHOMONAS

Identifiers

PMID28798195
PMCPMC5870452
OpenAlexW2743658305

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Registered trials

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