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ArticlemSphere2019

Molecular Epidemiology of Noninvasive and Invasive Group A Streptococcal Infections in Cape Town.

D D Barth, P Naicker, K Engel, B Muhamed, W Basera, B M Mayosi, J B Dale, M E Engel

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Article in mSphere, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 9 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
9citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 20% 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

9 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

D D BarthDepartment of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town & Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0001-5687-7942
P NaickerNational Health Laboratory Service, Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa.
K EngelDepartment of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town & Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa.
B MuhamedDepartment of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town & Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa.
W BaseraDepartment of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town & Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa.
B M MayosiDepartment of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town & Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa.
J B DaleDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
M E EngelDepartment of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town & Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa mark.engel@uct.ac.za.ORCID 0000-0002-1334-8829
University of Cape Town · ZANational Health Laboratory Service · ZAUniversity of Tennessee Health Science Center · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Group A streptococcus (GAS) is responsible for a wide range of noninvasive group A streptococcal (non-

Indexed as

AdolescentAdultAgedAntigens, BacterialBacterial Outer Membrane ProteinsCarrier ProteinsChildChild, PreschoolDNA, BacterialEpidemiological MonitoringFemaleGenotypeHumansInfantMaleMiddle AgedAntigens, BacterialBacterial Outer Membrane ProteinsCarrier ProteinsDNA, Bacterialstreptococcal M proteinStreptococcal Vaccinesgroup A streptococcusinvasive GASmolecular epidemiologysub-Saharan Africavaccines

Identifiers

PMID31666314
PMCPMC6821931
OpenAlexW2981619816

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