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ArticleWellcome open research2022

Epidemiology of COVID-19 infections on routine polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and serology testing in Coastal Kenya.

James Nyagwange, Leonard Ndwiga, Kelvin Muteru, Kevin Wamae, James Tuju, Covid Testing Team, Bernadette Kutima, John Gitonga, Henry Karanja, Daisy Mugo and 14 more

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Article in Wellcome open research, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
10citing papers in PubMed
1.8field-weighted citation impact, top 14% 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

10 citing papers in PubMed, 19 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

24 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

James Nyagwange *Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kilifi, Kenya.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5430-6011
Leonard Ndwiga *Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kilifi, Kenya.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2936-1059
Kelvin Muteru *Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kilifi, Kenya.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7157-1041
Kevin WamaeKenya Medical Research Institute, Kilifi, Kenya.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7721-5534
James TujuKenya Medical Research Institute, Kilifi, Kenya.
Covid Testing TeamKenya Medical Research Institute, Kilifi, Kenya.
Bernadette KutimaKenya Medical Research Institute, Kilifi, Kenya.
John GitongaKenya Medical Research Institute, Kilifi, Kenya.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6482-9107
Henry KaranjaKenya Medical Research Institute, Kilifi, Kenya.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8249-6833
Daisy MugoKenya Medical Research Institute, Kilifi, Kenya.
Kadondi KaseraMinistry of Health, Nairobi, Kenya.
Patrick AmothMinistry of Health, Nairobi, Kenya.
Nickson MurungaKenya Medical Research Institute, Kilifi, Kenya.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5304-2210
Lawrence BabuKenya Medical Research Institute, Kilifi, Kenya.
Edward OtienoKenya Medical Research Institute, Kilifi, Kenya.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8014-7306
George GithinjiKenya Medical Research Institute, Kilifi, Kenya.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9640-7371
D J NokesKenya Medical Research Institute, Kilifi, Kenya.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5426-1984
Benjamin TsofaKenya Medical Research Institute, Kilifi, Kenya.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1000-1771
Benedict OrindiKenya Medical Research Institute, Kilifi, Kenya.
Edwine BarasaKenya Medical Research Institute, Kilifi, Kenya.
George WarimweKenya Medical Research Institute, Kilifi, Kenya.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4911-6333
Charles N AgotiKenya Medical Research Institute, Kilifi, Kenya.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2160-567X
Philip BejonKenya Medical Research Institute, Kilifi, Kenya.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2135-7549
Lynette Isabella Ochola-OyierKenya Medical Research Institute, Kilifi, Kenya.
Kenya Medical Research Institute · KEMinistry of Health · KE

Funding

EPA EP-C-15-003Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

clinical characteristicsCOVID-19ELISAepidemiologyRT-PCRSARS-CoV-2serology

Identifiers

PMID35505772
PMCPMC9034174
OpenAlexW4212918871

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Registered trials

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