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ArticleMicrobial genomics2019

Use of whole-genome sequencing to identify clusters of

Holly D Mitchell, Amy F W Mikhail, Anaïs Painset, Timothy J Dallman, Claire Jenkins, Nicholas R Thomson, Nigel Field, Gwenda Hughes

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Article in Microbial genomics, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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22citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.7field-weighted citation impact, top 11% of its field
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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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

22 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 32 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Holly D MitchellCentre for Molecular Epidemiology and Translational Research, Institute for Global Health, University College London, London, UK.
Amy F W MikhailNational Infection Service, Public Health England, London, UK.
Anaïs PainsetNational Institute for Health Research Health Protection Research Unit (NIHR HPRU) in Gastrointestinal Infections, Liverpool, UK.
Timothy J DallmanNational Institute for Health Research Health Protection Research Unit (NIHR HPRU) in Gastrointestinal Infections, Liverpool, UK.
Claire JenkinsNational Institute for Health Research Health Protection Research Unit (NIHR HPRU) in Gastrointestinal Infections, Liverpool, UK.
Nicholas R ThomsonDepartment of Pathogen Molecular Biology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
Nigel FieldCentre for Molecular Epidemiology and Translational Research, Institute for Global Health, University College London, London, UK.
Gwenda HughesNational Infection Service, Public Health England, London, UK.
Public Health England · GBNational Institute for Health Research · GBUniversity College London · GBUniversity of London · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Since the 1970s, shigellosis has been reported as a sexually transmissible infection, and in recent years, genomic data have revealed the breadth of

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AdultCluster AnalysisDysentery, BacillaryEnglandFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedPhylogenySexual and Gender MinoritiesSexually Transmitted Diseases, BacterialShigellaShigella flexneriWhole Genome SequencingEnglandShigellasurveillancewhole-genome sequencing

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PMID31682221
PMCPMC6927305
OpenAlexW2987365002

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