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ArticleSexually transmitted infections2018

Risk factors for

Brandie D Taylor, Xiaojing Zheng, Catherine M O'Connell, Harold C Wiesenfeld, Sharon L Hillier, Toni Darville

Abstract read
In one paragraph

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 19 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
19citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.0field-weighted citation impact, top 15% 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

19 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 28 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Sexually Transmitted Infections Treatment Guidelines, 2021.MMWR. Recommendations and reports : Morbidity and mortality weekly report. Recommendations and reports · 2021
    Guideline
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  4. PreconceptionmedRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2026
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  6. Mycoplasma Genitalium - Where are we at?Current HIV/AIDS reports · 2025
    Review
  7. Cervicovaginal microbial features predictInfection and immunity · 2025
    Article
  8. Article
  9. Influence of cervicovaginal microbiota onMicrobial cell (Graz, Austria) · 2025
    Review
  10. Article
  11. Review
  12. Frontiers in microbiology · 2023
    Review
  13. Article
  14. Microbiome Compositions From Infertile Couples SeekingFrontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2021
    Article
  15. Article
  16. Management of a Case of Peritonitis Due toAntibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020
    Article
  17. Review
  18. Article
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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

6 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Brandie D TaylorDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA.
Xiaojing ZhengDepartment of Pediatrics, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.
Catherine M O'ConnellDepartment of Pediatrics, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.
Harold C WiesenfeldDepartment of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of Pittsburgh and Magee-Womens Research Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
Sharon L HillierDepartment of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of Pittsburgh and Magee-Womens Research Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
Toni DarvilleDepartment of Pediatrics, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · USMagee-Womens Research Institute · USTexas A&M University · USUniversity of Pittsburgh · US

Funding

The UPMC Sexually Transmitted Infections Cooperative Research CenterU19AI084024 · NIAID · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI WIESENFELD, HAROLD C · 2009 to 2013
$12.9M
Natural Immunity Against Chlamydia trachomatisR01AI119164 · NIAID · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI DARVILLE, TONI · 2016 to 2020
$3.6M
Identifying Biomarkers and Genetic Risk Factors Predictive of Reproductive SequelR33AI098660 · NIAID · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI DARVILLE, TONI · 2014 to 2016
$1.3M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI119164NIAID NIH HHS R33 AI098660NIAID NIH HHS U19 AI084024
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveAssess risk factors for incident and endometrial

methodsThis study was a secondary data analysis within the T cell Response Against Chlamydia (TRAC) Study, a prospective evaluation of 246 women with or at risk for

results

conclusions

Indexed as

AdolescentAdultChlamydia InfectionsCoinfectionEndometritisFemaleHumansMass ScreeningMycoplasma genitaliumMycoplasma InfectionsPelvic Inflammatory DiseasePopulation SurveillancePrevalenceProspective StudiesRisk FactorsSexual PartnersChlamydia trachomatisendometritisepidemiologyMycoplasma genitaliumsexually transmitted diseases, bacterialtrichomonas vaginalis

Identifiers

PMID29563165
PMCPMC6295147
OpenAlexW2792039994

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