Evidence map›Paper›PMID 30873933›Full record

ReviewMicrobiology spectrum2019

Surface Structures of Group B

Lawrence C Paoletti, Dennis L Kasper

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Review in Microbiology spectrum, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
16citing papers in PubMed
3.6field-weighted citation impact, top 8% 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

16 citing papers in PubMed, 41 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Maternal and Newborn Group BOpen forum infectious diseases · 2026
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  8. Updates on Group BMicroorganisms · 2022
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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

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Lawrence C PaolettiDivision of Immunology, Department of Microbiology and Immunobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115.
Dennis L KasperDivision of Immunology, Department of Microbiology and Immunobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115.
Harvard University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The surface of the Gram-positive opportunistic pathogen Streptococcus agalactiae, or group B Streptococcus (GBS), harbors several carbohydrate and protein antigens with the potential to be effective vaccines. Capsular polysaccharides of all clinically-relevant GBS serotypes coupled to immunogenic proteins of both GBS and non-GBS origin have undergone extensive testing in animals that led to advanced clinical trials in healthy adult women. In addition, GBS proteins either alone or in combination have been tested in animals; a fusion protein construct has recently advanced to human clinical studies. Given our current understanding of the antigenicity and immunogenicity of the wide array of GBS surface antigens, formulations now exist for the generation of viable vaccines against diseases caused by GBS.

Indexed as

AnimalsAntigens, BacterialAntigens, SurfaceBacterial CapsulesFemaleHumansImmunogenicity, VaccinePolysaccharides, BacterialStreptococcal InfectionsStreptococcal VaccinesStreptococcus agalactiaeVaccines, ConjugateVirulence FactorsAntigens, BacterialAntigens, SurfacePolysaccharides, BacterialStreptococcal VaccinesVaccines, ConjugateVirulence Factors

Identifiers

PMID30873933
PMCPMC11590616
OpenAlexW824416073

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Registered trials

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