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ArticleEuro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin2018

Transmission of toxigenic

David Edwards, Dianne Kent, Caroline Lester, Colin Stewart Brown, Michael E Murphy, Nicholas M Brown, Olajumoke Sule, Alexandra Itani, Meera Chand, Amy Trindall and 15 more

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In one paragraph

Article in Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 8 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
8citing papers in PubMed
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 19% 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

8 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne · 2021
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  4. Fatal respiratory diphtheria in a visitor to Canada.CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne · 2021
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  6. The changing epidemiology of diphtheria in the United Kingdom, 2009 to 2017.Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin · 2020
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  7. Whole genome sequencing suggests transmission ofEuro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin · 2019
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  8. Review
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

25 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

David EdwardsEast of England Health Protection Team, Public Health England, Thetford, United Kingdom.
Dianne KentEast of England Health Protection Team, Public Health England, Thetford, United Kingdom.
Caroline LesterEast of England Health Protection Team, Public Health England, Thetford, United Kingdom.
Colin Stewart BrownNational Infection Service, Public Health England, London, United Kingdom.
Michael E MurphyDepartment of Microbiology, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Nicholas M BrownPHE Public Health Laboratory Cambridge, Public Health England, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Olajumoke SulePHE Public Health Laboratory Cambridge, Public Health England, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Alexandra ItaniGranta Medical Practices, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Meera ChandNIHR Health Protection Research Unit in Respiratory Infections, Public Health England, London, United Kingdom.
Amy TrindallField Epidemiology Service, Public Health England, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Callum PearsonField Epidemiology Service, Public Health England, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Iain RoddickField Epidemiology Service, Public Health England, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Norman K FryNational Infection Service, Public Health England, London, United Kingdom.
Jorg HoffmannEast of England Health Protection Team, Public Health England, Thetford, United Kingdom.
Nalini IyangerNational Infection Service, Public Health England, London, United Kingdom.
Laurence KempGranta Medical Practices, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Joanne WhiteNational Infection Service, Public Health England, London, United Kingdom.
Babak JavidDepartment of Medicine, University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge Hospitals Trust, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Isobel D RamsayDepartment of Medicine, University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge Hospitals Trust, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Dominik ZennerNational Infection Service, Public Health England, London, United Kingdom.
Aliko AhmedEast of England Health Protection Team, Public Health England, Thetford, United Kingdom.
Gayatri AmirthalingamImmunisation, Hepatitis and Blood Safety Department, National Infection Service, Public Health England, London, United Kingdom.
Sultan SalimeeEast of England Health Protection Team, Public Health England, Thetford, United Kingdom.
David LittNational Infection Service, Public Health England, London, United Kingdom.
Mark ReacherField Epidemiology Service, Public Health England, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Public Health England · GBGranta Design (United Kingdom) · GBUniversity of Cambridge · GBCambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In early 2017, a United Kingdom (UK)-born person in their 20s presented with a skin ulcer on the foot 3 weeks after returning from Ghana. The patient had last received a diphtheria-containing vaccine in 2013, completing the recommended course. MALDI-TOF of a cutaneous swab identified

Indexed as

Contact TracingTravelCorynebacterium diphtheriaeCorynebacterium InfectionsDiphtheriaDisease NotificationGhanaHumansMultilocus Sequence TypingReal-Time Polymerase Chain ReactionUnited KingdomCorynebacterium diphtheriaecorynebacterium infectionhealth protectionoutbreaktoxigenicvaccine-preventable diseases

Identifiers

PMID30280689
PMCPMC6169202
OpenAlexW2893318426

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