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ArticleWellcome open research2019

UKMenCar4: A cross-sectional survey of asymptomatic meningococcal carriage amongst UK adolescents at a period of low invasive meningococcal disease incidence.

Holly B Bratcher, Charlene M C Rodrigues, Adam Finn, Mandy Wootton, J Claire Cameron, Andrew Smith, Paul Heath, Shamez Ladhani, Matthew D Snape, Andrew J Pollard and 6 more

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Article in Wellcome open research, 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
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 36% 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, 3 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

16 authors at 9 institutions in 1 country.

Holly B BratcherPeter Medawar Building for Pathogen Research, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3SY, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7246-7772
Charlene M C RodriguesPeter Medawar Building for Pathogen Research, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3SY, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0942-3707
Adam FinnSchool of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS2 8AE, UK.
Mandy WoottonDivision of Public Health Wales, Cardiff, CF10 3NW, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2227-3355
J Claire CameronNHS National Services Scotland, Health Protection Scotland, Glasgow, G2 6QE, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5263-3086
Andrew SmithUniversity of Glasgow Dental School, Glasgow, G2 3JZ, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0580-4078
Paul HeathPaediatric Infectious Diseases Research Group, St George's, University of London, London, SW17 0QT, UK.
Shamez LadhaniPaediatric Infectious Diseases Research Group, St George's, University of London, London, SW17 0QT, UK.
Matthew D SnapeOxford Vaccine Group, Department of Paediatrics, University of Oxford, Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, Oxford, OX3 7LE, UK.
Andrew J PollardOxford Vaccine Group, Department of Paediatrics, University of Oxford, Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, Oxford, OX3 7LE, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7361-719X
Richard CunninghamMicrobiology Department, University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust, Plymouth, PL6 8DH, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6081-2153
Raymond BorrowMeningococcal Reference Unit, Public Health England, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Manchester, M13 9WL, UK.
Caroline TrotterDisease Dynamics Unit, Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB3 0ES, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4000-2708
Stephen J GrayMeningococcal Reference Unit, Public Health England, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Manchester, M13 9WL, UK.
Martin C J MaidenPeter Medawar Building for Pathogen Research, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3SY, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6321-5138
Jenny M MacLennanPeter Medawar Building for Pathogen Research, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3SY, UK.
University of Oxford · GBManchester Royal Infirmary · GBSt George's, University of London · GBHealth Protection Scotland · GBNHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde · GBPublic Health Wales · GBUniversity Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust · GBUniversity of Bristol · GBUniversity of Cambridge · GB

Funding

Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Carriage of

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adolescentmeningococcal carriageNeisseria meningitidispopulation genomicspopulation immunityUKMenCar

Identifiers

PMID31544158
PMCPMC6749934
OpenAlexW2965532464

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