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ArticleFrontiers in microbiology2021

Efficacy of Individual Bacteriophages Does Not Predict Efficacy of Bacteriophage Cocktails for Control of

Yan D Niu, Hui Liu, Hechao Du, Ruiqiang Meng, El Sayed Mahmoud, Guihua Wang, Tim A McAllister, Kim Stanford

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Article in Frontiers in microbiology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 40 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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40citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
6.7field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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

40 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 56 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

8 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Yan D NiuDepartment of Ecosystem and Public Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.
Hui LiuHohhot Bureau of Ecology and Environment, Hohhot, China.
Hechao DuDepartment of Ecosystem and Public Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.
Ruiqiang MengInner Mongolia C. P. Livestock Husbandry Co., Ltd., Hohhot, China.
El Sayed MahmoudSchool of Applied Computing, Faculty of Applied Science and Technology, Sheridan College, Oakville, ON, Canada.
Guihua WangCollege of Veterinary Medicine, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, China.
Tim A McAllisterLethbridge Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Lethbridge, AB, Canada.
Kim StanfordDepartment of Biological Science, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, AB, Canada.
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada · CAShandong Agricultural University · CNSheridan College · CAUniversity of Calgary · CAUniversity of Lethbridge · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Effectiveness of bacteriophages AKFV33 (

Indexed as

bacteriophages (phages)Escherichia coli O157phage biocontrolphage cocktailphage-phage interactions

Identifiers

PMID33717006
PMCPMC7943454
OpenAlexW3131360307

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