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ArticleTrends in microbiology2018

Influenza H3N2 Vaccines: Recent Challenges.

Ahmed Mostafa, Stephan Pleschka

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Article in Trends in microbiology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
12citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 24% 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

12 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. Current Opinion in LAIV: A Matter of Parent Virus Choice.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Ahmed MostafaInstitute of Medical Virology, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Schubertstrasse 81, 35392 Giessen, Germany; Center of Scientific Excellence for Influenza Viruses, National Research Centre, Egypt.
Stephan PleschkaInstitute of Medical Virology, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Schubertstrasse 81, 35392 Giessen, Germany. Electronic address: stephan.pleschka@viro.med.uni-giessen.de.
National Research Centre · EGUniversity of Giessen · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

H3N2-subtype influenza A viruses are major causes of seasonal influenza epidemics. Emerging H3N2 variants require the annual adjustment of the vaccine strain. Recently, studies addressing the reduced effectiveness of current H3N2 vaccines have identified production-related substitutions in the viral hemagglutinin antigen as a possible cause for reduced vaccine efficacy.

Indexed as

Antigens, ViralHemagglutinin Glycoproteins, Influenza VirusHumansInfluenza A Virus, H3N2 SubtypeInfluenza, HumanInfluenza VaccinesAntigens, ViralHemagglutinin Glycoproteins, Influenza VirusInfluenza VaccinesH3N2 subtypeHA glycosylationinfluenza vaccineinfluenza virus

Identifiers

PMID29268980
OpenAlexW2778836021

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Registered trials

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