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ArticleJournal of clinical microbiology2018

A Predominant Variable-Number Tandem-Repeat Cluster of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Isolates among Asylum Seekers in the Netherlands and Denmark, Deciphered by Whole-Genome Sequencing.

Rana Jajou, Albert de Neeling, Erik Michael Rasmussen, Anders Norman, Arnout Mulder, Rianne van Hunen, Gerard de Vries, Walid Haddad, Richard Anthony, Troels Lillebaek and 2 more

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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 12 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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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

12 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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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

12 authors.

Rana JajouNational Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands rana.jajou@rivm.nl.
Albert de NeelingNational Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands.
Erik Michael RasmussenInternational Reference Laboratory of Mycobacteriology, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Anders NormanInternational Reference Laboratory of Mycobacteriology, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Arnout MulderNational Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands.
Rianne van HunenNational Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands.
Gerard de VriesNational Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands.
Walid HaddadMunicipal Health Service, GGD Hart voor Brabant, 's-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands.
Richard AnthonyNational Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands.
Troels LillebaekInternational Reference Laboratory of Mycobacteriology, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Wim van der HoekNational Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands.
Dick van SoolingenNational Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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AdolescentAdultAfricaAgedChildCluster AnalysisDenmarkDNA, BacterialFemaleGenome, BacterialGenotypeHumansMaleMiddle AgedMinisatellite RepeatsMycobacterium tuberculosisDNA, Bacterialasylum seekersDenmarkMycobacterium tuberculosisThe NetherlandsVNTRWGS

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PMID29167288
PMCPMC5786717

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