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ArticleSouthern African journal of infectious diseases2019

Thejane W Motladiile, John M Tumbo, Adrien Malumba, Bolaji Adeoti, Nozizwe J Masekwane, Oleteng M R Mokate, Otsile C Sebekedi

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Article in Southern African journal of infectious diseases, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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11citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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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

11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Pooled it
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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

7 authors.

Thejane W MotladiileNational Institute of Communicable Diseases (NICD), Johannesburg, South Africa.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0906-824X
John M TumboNorth West Department of Health, Bojanala District Health Services, Rustenburg, South Africa.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2176-853X
Adrien MalumbaNorth West Department of Health, Bojanala District Health Services, Rustenburg, South Africa.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7815-7655
Bolaji AdeotiNorth West Department of Health, Bojanala District Health Services, Rustenburg, South Africa.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4386-1121
Nozizwe J MasekwaneBojanala District Municipal Health and Environmental Services, Rustenburg. South Africa.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8652-5593
Oleteng M R MokateDivision of Communicable Disease Control, North West Provincial Department of Health, Mahikeng, South Africa.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0048-7969
Otsile C SebekediDivision of Health Programmes, North West Provincial Department of Health, Mahikeng, South Africa.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3739-4659

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

background

methodsAn epidemiological investigation was conducted, including a review of the clinical records of the persons exposed, laboratory testing of the pathological specimens collected, environmental testing of the food samples and food preparation areas.

resultsA total of 164 children developed clinical symptoms of AGE following ingestion of processed maize meal, beans and vegetables.

conclusionA timeously-initiated epidemiological, environmental and microbiological an investigation led to the conclusion that the etiologic agent of this outbreak was

Indexed as

food poisoningoutbreakpublic schoolresponseSalmonellasamp

Identifiers

PMID34485457
PMCPMC8378002

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