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ArticlePathogens (Basel, Switzerland)2020

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Savina Ditommaso, Monica Giacomuzzi, Gabriele Memoli, Jacopo Garlasco, Carla M Zotti

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Article in Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed
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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

5 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. The Global Outbreak ofPathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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  5. Environmental Monitoring ofInternational journal of environmental research and public health · 2023
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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

5 authors.

Savina DitommasoDepartment of Public Health and Pediatrics, University of Turin, 10126 Torino, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-1590-9009
Monica GiacomuzziDepartment of Public Health and Pediatrics, University of Turin, 10126 Torino, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-9722-6334
Gabriele MemoliDepartment of Public Health and Pediatrics, University of Turin, 10126 Torino, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-7211-079X
Jacopo GarlascoDepartment of Public Health and Pediatrics, University of Turin, 10126 Torino, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-6331-8276
Carla M ZottiDepartment of Public Health and Pediatrics, University of Turin, 10126 Torino, Italy.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundEvidence to date indicates that heater-cooler units (HCUs) and heater units (HUs) can generate potentially infectious aerosols containing a range of opportunistic pathogens such as

methods

resultsOverall,

conclusionsWe recommend that all surgical patients and staff exposed to aerosols from thermoregulatory devices should be followed up for

Indexed as

heater–cooler unitLegionellaNTMpropidium monoazide qPCR

Identifiers

PMID33238543
PMCPMC7700499

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