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ArticleF1000Research2018

epicontacts: Handling, visualisation and analysis of epidemiological contacts.

V P Nagraj, Nistara Randhawa, Finlay Campbell, Thomas Crellen, Bertrand Sudre, Thibaut Jombart

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Article in F1000Research, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

15 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

V P NagrajResearch Computing, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA, 22903, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0060-566X
Nistara RandhawaOne Health Institute, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, 95616, USA.
Finlay CampbellMRC Centre for Outbreak Analysis and Modelling, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, W2 1PG, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-1849-1886
Thomas CrellenMahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Bangkok , 10400, Thailand.ORCID 0000-0003-2934-1063
Bertrand SudreEuropean Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, Stockholm, Sweden.
Thibaut JombartMRC Centre for Outbreak Analysis and Modelling, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, W2 1PG, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-2226-8692

Funding

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

Abstract

Epidemiological outbreak data is often captured in line list and contact format to facilitate contact tracing for outbreak control.

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PMID31240097
PMCPMC6572866

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