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ArticleInfection and immunity2020

Immunopathogenesis of Progressive Scarring Trachoma: Results of a 4-Year Longitudinal Study in Tanzanian Children.

Tamsyn Derrick, Athumani M Ramadhani, David Macleod, Patrick Massae, Elias Mafuru, Malisa Aiweda, Kelvin Mbuya, William Makupa, Tara Mtuy, Robin L Bailey and 3 more

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Article in Infection and immunity, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
7citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 29% 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

7 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Trial
  2. Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
    Article
  3. Longitudinal omics data analysis: approaches and applications.Computational and structural biotechnology journal · 2026
    Review
  4. Trachoma.Lancet (London, England) · 2025
    Review
  5. Article
  6. Association of polymorphisms ofJournal of genetics · 2024
    Article
  7. Trachoma.Nature reviews. Disease primers · 2022
    Review
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

13 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Tamsyn DerrickDepartment of Clinical Research, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom tamsyn.derrick@lshtm.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0002-1458-6503
Athumani M RamadhaniDepartment of Clinical Research, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-1707-8838
David MacleodDepartment of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-2371-5709
Patrick MassaeKilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre, Moshi, Tanzania.
Elias MafuruKilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre, Moshi, Tanzania.
Malisa AiwedaKilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre, Moshi, Tanzania.
Kelvin MbuyaKilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre, Moshi, Tanzania.
William MakupaKilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre, Moshi, Tanzania.
Tara MtuyDepartment of Clinical Research, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom.
Robin L BaileyDepartment of Clinical Research, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom.
David C W MabeyDepartment of Clinical Research, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-0031-8276
Martin J HollandDepartment of Clinical Research, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-5828-6318
Matthew J BurtonDepartment of Clinical Research, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0003-1872-9169
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine · GBKilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre · TZ

Funding

Medical Research Council MR/R010161/1Wellcome TrustWellcome Trust 098481/Z/12/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Trachoma is initiated during childhood following repeated conjunctival infection with

Indexed as

Immunity, InnateChildChlamydia trachomatisCicatrixConjunctivaFemaleGene Expression ProfilingHumansImmunologic FactorsLongitudinal StudiesMaleTanzaniaTrachomaImmunologic FactorsChlamydia trachomatisconjunctivaimmunopathogenesisinflammationmucosascarring

Identifiers

PMID31964744
PMCPMC7093124
OpenAlexW3001492896

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Registered trials

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