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ArticleMalaria journal2021

Combining malaria vaccination with chemoprevention: a promising new approach to malaria control.

Brian Greenwood, Matthew Cairns, Mike Chaponda, R Matthew Chico, Alassane Dicko, Jean-Bosco Ouedraogo, Kamija S Phiri, Feiko O Ter Kuile, Daniel Chandramohan

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Article in Malaria journal, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
18citing papers in PubMed
3.9field-weighted citation impact, top 6% 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

18 citing papers in PubMed, 31 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 6 institutions in 5 countries.

Brian GreenwoodLondon School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK. brian.greenwood@lshtm.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5725-9118
Matthew CairnsLondon School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
Mike ChapondaTropical Diseases Research Centre, Ndola, Zambia.
R Matthew ChicoLondon School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
Alassane DickoMalaria Research and Training Centre, University of Science, Techniques and Technology of Bamako, Bamako, Mali.
Jean-Bosco OuedraogoInstitut de Recherche en Sciences de La Santé, Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso.
Kamija S PhiriSchool of Public Health, Kamuzu University of Health Sciences, Blantyre, Malawi.
Feiko O Ter KuileLiverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK.
Daniel ChandramohanLondon School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine · GBInstitut de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé · BFKamuzu Central Hospital · MWLiverpool School of Tropical Medicine · GBTropical Diseases Research Centre · ZMUniversity of Bamako · ML

Funding

Medical Research Council MC_PC_MR/P006914/1Medical Research Council MR/P006876/1Medical Research Council MR/R010161/1Wellcome TrustWellcome Trust 220658/Z/20/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Malaria control has stalled in a number of African countries and novel approaches to malaria control are needed for these areas. The encouraging results of a recent trial conducted in young children in Burkina Faso and Mali in which a combination of the RTS,S/AS01

Indexed as

ChemopreventionCommunicable Disease ControlHumansMalariaMalaria VaccinesVaccinationMalaria VaccinesIntermittent preventive treatment of malaria in infantsIntermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancyMalaria eliminationPost hospital discharge chemopreventionSeasonal malaria chemopreventionSeasonal malaria vaccinationSickle cell disease

Identifiers

PMID34488784
PMCPMC8419817
OpenAlexW3197587914

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