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ArticlemSphere2020

The Challenges of Using Oropharyngeal Samples To Measure Pneumococcal Carriage in Adults.

Laura K Boelsen, Eileen M Dunne, Katherine A Gould, F Tupou Ratu, Jorge E Vidal, Fiona M Russell, E Kim Mulholland, Jason Hinds, Catherine Satzke

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Article in mSphere, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
16citing papers in PubMed
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 14% 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

16 citing papers in PubMed, 25 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

9 authors at 4 institutions in 4 countries.

Laura K BoelsenInfection and Immunity, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Royal Children's Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-2480-0753
Eileen M DunneInfection and Immunity, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Royal Children's Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-5542-0780
Katherine A GouldInstitute for Infection and Immunity, St. George's University of London, London, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-2528-9512
F Tupou RatuMinistry of Health and Medical Services, Suva, Fiji.
Jorge E VidalDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0573-5658
Fiona M RussellInfection and Immunity, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Royal Children's Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-3077-9639
E Kim MulhollandInfection and Immunity, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Royal Children's Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-7947-680X
Jason HindsInstitute for Infection and Immunity, St. George's University of London, London, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-2739-1908
Catherine SatzkeInfection and Immunity, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Royal Children's Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia catherine.satzke@mcri.edu.au.ORCID 0000-0003-3164-8849
Royal Children's Hospital · AUSt George's, University of London · GBMinistry Of Health · FJUniversity of Mississippi Medical Center · US

Funding

Population Dynamics of S. pneumoniae vaccine serotypes on human pharyngeal cellsR21AI112768 · NIAID · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI VIDAL, JORGE EUGENIO · 2015 to 2016
$429k
DISSEMINATION OF MACROLIDE RESISTANCE ELEMENTS IN STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAER21AI144571 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MED CTR · PI STEPHENS, DAVID S, TZENG, YIH-LING · 2019 to 2020
$397k
NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI112768NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI144571
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

AdultCarrier StateFalse Positive ReactionsFemaleHumansMaleMicroarray AnalysisMolecular Diagnostic TechniquesOropharynxPneumococcal InfectionsPredictive Value of TestsReal-Time Polymerase Chain ReactionSerotypingSpecimen HandlingStreptococcus pneumoniaecarriagegenotypicidentificationnasopharyngealoropharyngealPCRserotypingStreptococcus pneumoniae

Identifiers

PMID32727860
PMCPMC7392543
OpenAlexW3046094389

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Registered trials

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