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ArticleToxins2021

Identification of Shiga-Toxin-Producing Shigella Infections in Travel and Non-Travel Related Cases in Alberta, Canada.

Shuai Zhi, Brendon D Parsons, Jonas Szelewicki, Yue T K Yuen, Patrick Fach, Sabine Delannoy, Vincent Li, Christina Ferrato, Stephen B Freedman, Bonita E Lee and 2 more

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Article in Toxins, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
7citing papers in PubMed
1.8field-weighted citation impact, top 16% 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

7 citing papers in PubMed, 11 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

12 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.

Shuai ZhiThe Affiliated Hospital of Medical School, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315000, China.
Brendon D ParsonsDepartment of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2B7, Canada.
Jonas SzelewickiDepartment of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2B7, Canada.
Yue T K YuenDepartment of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2B7, Canada.
Patrick FachAgency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety (ANSES), Food Safety Laboratory, COLiPATH Research Unit & IDPA Genomics Platform, FR-94700 Maisons-Alfort, France.
Sabine DelannoyAgency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety (ANSES), Food Safety Laboratory, COLiPATH Research Unit & IDPA Genomics Platform, FR-94700 Maisons-Alfort, France.
Vincent LiAlberta Precision Laboratories-ProvLab, Edmonton, AB T6G 2J2, Canada.
Christina FerratoAlberta Precision Laboratories-ProvLab, Calgary, AB T2N 4W4, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-0054-9434
Stephen B FreedmanAlberta Children's Hospital, Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine and Gastroenterology, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-2319-6192
Bonita E LeeDepartment of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, Women and Children's Health Research Institute, Stollery Children's Hospital, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 1C9, Canada.
Xiao-Li PangDepartment of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2B7, Canada.
Linda ChuiDepartment of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2B7, Canada.
University of Alberta · CAAgence Nationale de Sécurité Sanitaire de l’Alimentation, de l’Environnement et du Travail · FRProvincial Laboratory of Public Health · CANingbo University · CNUniversity of Calgary · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

It has long been accepted that Shiga toxin (Stx) only exists in

Indexed as

AlbertaCommunicable Diseases, ImportedDominican RepublicDysentery, BacillaryHaitiPhylogenyShiga ToxinShigella dysenteriaeTravelWhole Genome SequencingShiga Toxinglobal transmissionsphagephylogenomicShiga toxinShigella flexneri

Identifiers

PMID34822539
PMCPMC8618429
OpenAlexW3211172340

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Registered trials

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