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ArticlePhysiological measurement2021

Automatic cough classification for tuberculosis screening in a real-world environment.

Madhurananda Pahar, Marisa Klopper, Byron Reeve, Rob Warren, Grant Theron, Thomas Niesler

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Article in Physiological measurement, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 32 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
32citing papers in PubMed, 5 pooled it
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 29% 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

32 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Cough biomarkers for diagnosis and monitoring of respiratory disease: a systematic review.European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2026
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  3. Audio-based digital biomarkers in diagnosing and managing respiratory diseases: a systematic review and bibliometric analysis.European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2025
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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

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Madhurananda PaharDepartment of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Stellenbosch University, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-5926-0144
Marisa KlopperSAMRC Centre for Tuberculosis Research, Division of Molecular Biology and Human Genetics, DSI/NRF Centre of Excellence for Biomedical Tuberculosis Research, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-9318-8289
Byron ReeveSAMRC Centre for Tuberculosis Research, Division of Molecular Biology and Human Genetics, DSI/NRF Centre of Excellence for Biomedical Tuberculosis Research, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-3332-3477
Rob WarrenSAMRC Centre for Tuberculosis Research, Division of Molecular Biology and Human Genetics, DSI/NRF Centre of Excellence for Biomedical Tuberculosis Research, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0001-5741-7358
Grant TheronSAMRC Centre for Tuberculosis Research, Division of Molecular Biology and Human Genetics, DSI/NRF Centre of Excellence for Biomedical Tuberculosis Research, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-9216-2415
Thomas NieslerDepartment of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Stellenbosch University, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-7341-1017
South African Medical Research Council · ZAStellenbosch University · ZA

Funding

Rapid Research for Diagnostics Development in TB Network (R2D2 TB Network)U01AI152087 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI CATTAMANCHI, ADITHYA, DENKINGER, CLAUDIA MARIA · 2020 to 2024
$19.3M
NIAID NIH HHS U01 AI152087
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

CoughTuberculosisHumansMachine LearningMass ScreeningSupport Vector Machinecough classificationmachine learningTBtriage testtuberculosis

Identifiers

PMID34649231
PMCPMC8721487
OpenAlexW3138335922

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Registered trials

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