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ArticleFrontiers in cellular and infection microbiology2021

High Prevalence of

Supriya D Mehta, Garazi Zulaika, Fredrick O Otieno, Elizabeth Nyothach, Walter Agingu, Runa Bhaumik, Stefan J Green, Anna Maria van Eijk, Daniel Kwaro, Penelope A Phillips-Howard

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Article in Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
24citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
2.9field-weighted citation impact, top 8% 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

24 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 27 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

10 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.

Supriya D MehtaDivision of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States.
Garazi ZulaikaDepartment of Clinical Sciences, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom.
Fredrick O OtienoNyanza Reproductive Health Society, Kisumu, Kenya.
Elizabeth NyothachCentre for Global Health Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kisumu, Kenya.
Walter AginguNyanza Reproductive Health Society, Kisumu, Kenya.
Runa BhaumikDivision of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States.
Stefan J GreenDepartment of Internal Medicine and Genomics and Microbiome Core Facility, Rush University, Chicago, IL, United States.
Anna Maria van EijkDepartment of Clinical Sciences, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom.
Daniel KwaroCentre for Global Health Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kisumu, Kenya.
Penelope A Phillips-HowardDepartment of Clinical Sciences, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom.
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine · GBKenya Medical Research Institute · KENyanza Reproductive Health Society · KEUniversity of Illinois Chicago · USRush University · US

Funding

Menstrual cups, maturation of the adolescent vaginal microbiome, and STI/HIV riskR01HD093780 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO · PI MEHTA, SUPRIYA DINESH · 2018 to 2021
$1.9M
Medical Research Council MR/N006046/1NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD093780
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The vaginal microbiome (VMB) impacts numerous health outcomes, but evaluation among adolescents is limited. We characterized the VMB

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HygieneVaginaAdolescentFemaleHumansYoung Adultadolescents and youthbacterial vaginosis (BV)menstrual healthmenstrual hygiene managementsexually transmitted infection (STI)Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA)vaginal microbiome

Identifiers

PMID34621690
PMCPMC8490761
OpenAlexW3200196717

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Registered trials

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