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ArticleJournal of clinical microbiology2018

Direct Detection of Shigella in Stool Specimens by Use of a Metagenomic Approach.

Jie Liu, Mathieu Almeida, Furqan Kabir, Sadia Shakoor, Shahida Qureshi, Anita Zaidi, Shan Li, Boubou Tamboura, Samba O Sow, Inacio Mandomando and 8 more

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In one paragraph

Article in Journal of clinical microbiology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
16citing papers in PubMed
2.8field-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

16 citing papers in PubMed, 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

18 authors at 7 institutions in 5 countries.

Jie Liu *Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA.
Mathieu Almeida *Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA.
Furqan Kabir *Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan.
Sadia ShakoorAga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan.
Shahida QureshiAga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan.
Anita ZaidiAga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan.
Shan LiSchool of Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Boubou TambouraCentre pour le Développement des Vaccins, Bamako, Mali.
Samba O SowCentre pour le Développement des Vaccins, Bamako, Mali.
Inacio MandomandoCentro de Investigação em Saúde da Manhiça, Maputo, Mozambique.
Pedro L AlonsoCentro de Investigação em Saúde da Manhiça, Maputo, Mozambique.
Thandavarayan RamamurthyNational Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, Kolkata, India.
Dipika SurNational Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, Kolkata, India.
Karen KotloffSchool of Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
James NataroDepartment of Pediatrics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA.
Myron M LevineSchool of Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
O Colin StineSchool of Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, USA cstine@som.umaryland.edu erh6k@virginia.edu.
Eric HouptDivision of Infectious Diseases and International Health, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA cstine@som.umaryland.edu erh6k@virginia.edu.
Aga Khan University · PKUniversity of Maryland, Baltimore · USUniversity of Virginia · USCentre Pour le Développement des Vaccins-Mali · MLManhiça Health Research Centre · MZNational Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases · INUniversity of Maryland, College Park · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The underestimation of

Indexed as

MetagenomicsBacteriological TechniquesComputational BiologyDNA, BacterialDysentery, BacillaryFecesHumansPhylogenyReal-Time Polymerase Chain ReactionSensitivity and SpecificitySequence Analysis, DNAShigellaSoftwareDNA, BacterialdiarrheametagenomicsPCRshigella

Identifiers

PMID29118177
PMCPMC5786726
OpenAlexW2767349396

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