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ArticleEuro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin2020

Michael L Beeton, Xu-Sheng Zhang, Søren A Uldum, Cécile Bébéar, Roger Dumke, Karolina Gullsby, Margareta Ieven, Katherine Loens, Ran Nir-Paz, Sabine Pereyre and 4 more

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Article in Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 57 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
57citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
3.8field-weighted citation impact, top 6% 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

57 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 84 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

14 authors at 10 institutions in 8 countries.

Michael L BeetonDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, Cardiff Metropolitan University, Cardiff, United Kingdom.
Xu-Sheng ZhangPublic Health England, London, United Kingdom.
Søren A UldumDepartment of Bacteria, Parasites and Fungi, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Cécile BébéarUSC-EA 3671, Mycoplasmal and Chlamydia Infections in Humans, University of Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France.
Roger DumkeTU Dresden, Dresden, Germany.
Karolina GullsbyCentre for Research and Development, Uppsala University/Region Gävleborg, Gävle, Sweden.
Margareta IevenAntwerp University Hospital Edegem, Belgium.
Katherine LoensAntwerp University Hospital Edegem, Belgium.
Ran Nir-PazDepartment of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel.
Sabine PereyreUSC-EA 3671, Mycoplasmal and Chlamydia Infections in Humans, University of Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France.
O Brad SpillerDepartment of Medical Microbiology, Division of Infection and Immunity, Cardiff University, School of Medicine, Cardiff, United Kingdom.
Victoria J ChalkerPublic Health England, London, United Kingdom.
ESCMID Study Group for Mycoplasma and Chlamydia Infections (ESGMAC) Mycoplasma pneumoniae subgroupESCMID Study Group for Mycoplasma and Chlamydia Infections (ESGMAC) Mycoplasma pneumoniae subgroup members are listed under Collaborators.
ESCMID Study Group for Mycoplasma and Chlamydia Infections (ESGMAC) Mycoplasma pneumoniae subgroup members not listed as an individual author
Antwerp University Hospital · BEPublic Health England · GBUniversité de Bordeaux · FRCardiff Metropolitan University · GBCardiff University · GBEuropean Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases · CHHadassah Medical Center · ILStatens Serum Institut · DKTU Dresden · DEUppsala University · SE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background

Indexed as

EpidemicsAge DistributionAnti-Bacterial AgentsCommunity-Acquired InfectionsDrug Resistance, BacterialElectronic MailEuropeFemaleHumansIsraelMacrolidesMycoplasma pneumoniaeNucleic Acid Amplification TechniquesPneumonia, MycoplasmaRetrospective StudiesSurveys and QuestionnairesAnti-Bacterial AgentsMacrolidesdiagnosticsepidemiologyMycoplasma pneumoniaesurveillance

Identifiers

PMID31964459
PMCPMC6976882
OpenAlexW3000638201

What OpenQuestion holds

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Registered trials

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Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.