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ArticleWellcome open research2019

Bayesian evaluation of the performance of three diagnostic tests for

Marshal M Mweu, Juliana Wambua, Fixtan Njuga, Philip Bejon, Daniel Mwanga

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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 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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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

8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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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.

Marshal M MweuSchool of Public Health, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2497-2424
Juliana WambuaKEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kilifi, Kenya.
Fixtan NjugaKEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kilifi, Kenya.
Philip BejonKEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kilifi, Kenya.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2135-7549
Daniel MwangaKEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kilifi, Kenya.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

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Bayesian latent class modelLight microscopyPCRPlasmodium falciparumRapid diagnostic testTest evaluation

Identifiers

PMID31595228
PMCPMC6777009

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