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ArticlePLoS medicine2018

Epidemiological metrics and benchmarks for a transition in the HIV epidemic.

Peter D Ghys, Brian G Williams, Mead Over, Timothy B Hallett, Peter Godfrey-Faussett

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Article in PLoS medicine, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 56 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
56citing papers in PubMed, 6 pooled it
5.3field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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

56 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 90 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

5 authors at 4 institutions in 4 countries.

Peter D GhysJoint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, Geneva, Switzerland.
Brian G WilliamsSouth Africa Centre for Epidemiological Modelling and Analysis, Stellenbosch, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-3174-4876
Mead OverCenter for Global Development, Washington, DC, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0003-4311-2080
Timothy B HallettDepartment of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom.
Peter Godfrey-FaussettJoint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, Geneva, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-5929-9524
Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS · CHCenter for Global Development · USImperial College London · GBStellenbosch University · ZA

Funding

Medical Research Council MR/R015600/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Peter Godfrey-Faussett and colleagues present six epidemiological metrics for tracking progress in reducing the public health threat of HIV.

Indexed as

BenchmarkingEpidemicsHIV InfectionsHumansIncidencePrevalencePublic Health

Identifiers

PMID30359372
PMCPMC6201869
OpenAlexW2898425421

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Registered trials

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