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ArticlemSphere2021

Factors Influencing Distribution of Coccidioides immitis in Soil, Washington State, 2016.

Nancy A Chow, David Kangiser, Lalitha Gade, Orion Z McCotter, Steven Hurst, Amy Salamone, Ron Wohrle, Wayne Clifford, Sunkyung Kim, Zainab Salah and 3 more

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Article in mSphere, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 32 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
32citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
4.4field-weighted citation impact, top 5% 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, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 43 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Nancy A ChowMycotic Diseases Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Preventiongrid.416738.f, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
David KangiserWashington State Department of Health, Shoreline, Washington, USA.
Lalitha GadeMycotic Diseases Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Preventiongrid.416738.f, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Orion Z McCotterMycotic Diseases Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Preventiongrid.416738.f, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Steven HurstMycotic Diseases Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Preventiongrid.416738.f, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Amy SalamoneWashington State Department of Health, Shoreline, Washington, USA.
Ron WohrleWashington State Department of Health, Shoreline, Washington, USA.
Wayne CliffordWashington State Department of Health, Shoreline, Washington, USA.
Sunkyung KimSurveillance, Information Management, and Statistics Office, Division of Foodborne, Waterborne and Environmental Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Preventiongrid.416738.f, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Zainab SalahSurveillance, Information Management, and Statistics Office, Division of Foodborne, Waterborne and Environmental Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Preventiongrid.416738.f, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Hanna N OlteanWashington State Department of Health, Shoreline, Washington, USA.
Geoffrey S PlumleeU.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia, USA.
Anastasia P LitvintsevaMycotic Diseases Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Preventiongrid.416738.f, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1086-8041
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · USWashington State Department of Health · USUnited States Geological Survey · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Coccidioides immitis and Coccidioides posadasii are causative agents of Valley fever, a serious fungal disease endemic to regions with hot, arid climate in the United States, Mexico, and Central and South America. The environmental niche of

Indexed as

Soil MicrobiologyCoccidioidesCoccidioidomycosisDNA, FungalEndemic DiseasesHumansReal-Time Polymerase Chain ReactionWashingtonDNA, FungalCoccidioidescoccidioidomycosisValley fever

Identifiers

PMID34730378
PMCPMC8565518
OpenAlexW3210437464

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