Evidence map›Paper›PMID 28990911›Full record

ArticleThe American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene2017

Victor Asua, Stephen Tukwasibwe, Melissa Conrad, Andrew Walakira, Joaniter I Nankabirwa, Levicatus Mugenyi, Moses R Kamya, Samuel L Nsobya, Philip J Rosenthal

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Article in The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
29citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
3.2field-weighted citation impact, top 8% 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

29 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 46 citations in OpenAlex.

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  18. Drug susceptibility ofThe Lancet. Microbe · 2021
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  19. Zoonotic Malaria: Non-Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021
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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 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Victor AsuaInfectious Diseases Research Collaboration, Kampala, Uganda.
Stephen TukwasibweInfectious Diseases Research Collaboration, Kampala, Uganda.
Melissa ConradDepartment of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California; 3Department of Medicine, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.
Andrew WalakiraInfectious Diseases Research Collaboration, Kampala, Uganda.
Joaniter I NankabirwaDeparment of Pathology, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.
Levicatus MugenyiInfectious Diseases Research Collaboration, Kampala, Uganda.
Moses R KamyaDeparment of Pathology, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.
Samuel L NsobyaDeparment of Pathology, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.
Philip J RosenthalDepartment of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California; 3Department of Medicine, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.
Infectious Diseases Research Collaboration · UGMakerere University · UGUniversity of California, San Francisco · US

Funding

Transmission ProjectU19AI089674 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI MATTHEW G DORSEY · 2010 to 2026
$29.3M
Resistance of Malaria Parasites to Artemisinin-Based TherapiesR01AI075045 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI ROSENTHAL, PHILIP JON · 2009 to 2024
$8.4M
NURTURE:Research Training and Mentoring Program for Career Development of Faculty at Makerere University College of Health SciencesD43TW010132 · FIC · MAKERERE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES · PI SEWANKAMBO, NELSON K · 2015 to 2019
$4.3M
Training In Malaria Research in UgandaD43TW007375 · FIC · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI ROSENTHAL, PHILIP JON · 2005 to 2019
$2.9M
Resistance of Malaria Parasites to Artemisinin-Based Combination TherapiesR56AI075045 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI ROSENTHAL, PHILIP JON · 2008 to 2008
$618k
FIC NIH HHS D43 TW007375FIC NIH HHS D43 TW010132NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI075045NIAID NIH HHS R56 AI075045NIAID NIH HHS U19 AI089674
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Contributions of species other than

Indexed as

ChildChild, PreschoolHumansInfantMalariaPlasmodiumUganda

Identifiers

PMID28990911
PMCPMC5590612
OpenAlexW2750998168

What OpenQuestion holds

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Registered trials

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Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.