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ArticleBMC infectious diseases2019

Editorial: the airborne microbiome - implications for aerosol transmission and infection control - special issue.

Julian W Tang, Yuguo Li

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Article in BMC infectious diseases, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 34% 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

2 citing papers in PubMed, 10 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

2 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Julian W TangClinical Microbiology, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Infirmary Square, Leicester, LE1 5WW, UK. julian.tang@uhl-tr.nhs.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4963-1028
Yuguo LiDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Haking Wong Building 7/F, Pokfulam Road, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR, China.
University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust · GBUniversity of Hong Kong · HK

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Although the title of the Special Issue is 'Airborne Microbiome' the manuscripts received have highlighted a variety of peripheral, yet related aspects of this. The contributions are a mixture of primary research, reviews and commentaries, including: new methods to explore environmental niches where such microbes may grow, their detection and characterisation in the human host, which pathogens are present in the respiratory tract and can be exhaled in human breath to potentially spread via the airborne route, and some strategies for their control. Finally, a historical-to-current overview explores human-microbial interactions, including problems with sampling and detection methods, drug resistance, the role of super-spreaders and issues around research funding.

Indexed as

Air MicrobiologyMicrobiotaAerosolsExhalationHumansInfection ControlRespiratory SystemRespiratory Tract InfectionsAerosolsAerosolAirborneBreathControlDetectionExhalationInfectionTransmission

Identifiers

PMID31464601
PMCPMC6716862
OpenAlexW2970627553

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Registered trials

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