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ArticlemBio2022

Genetic and Structural Variation in the O-Antigen of Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Isolates Causing Bloodstream Infections in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Sandra Van Puyvelde, Gianmarco Gasperini, Michael Biggel, Marie-France Phoba, Maria Michelina Raso, Tessa de Block, Leen N Vanheer, Stijn Deborggraeve, Olivier Vandenberg, Nicholas Thomson and 8 more

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Article in mBio, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 19% 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

6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

18 authors at 10 institutions in 5 countries.

Sandra Van PuyveldeCambridge Institute of Therapeutic Immunology and Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0001-8434-5732
Gianmarco GasperiniGSK Vaccines Institute for Global Health, Siena, Italy.
Michael BiggelLaboratory of Medical Microbiology, Vaccine and Infectious Disease Institute, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-1337-2132
Marie-France PhobaDepartment of Microbiology, Institut National de Recherche Biomédicale, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Maria Michelina RasoGSK Vaccines Institute for Global Health, Siena, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-6183-965X
Tessa de BlockInstitute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium.
Leen N VanheerInstitute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium.
Stijn DeborggraeveInstitute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium.
Olivier VandenbergClinical Research and Innovation Unit, Laboratoire Hospitalier Universitaire de Bruxelles-Universitair Laboratorium Brussel, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium.
Nicholas ThomsonWellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, United Kingdom.
Neil RavenscroftDepartment of Chemistry, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, South Africa.
Calman A MaclennanJenner Institute, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxfordgrid.4991.5, Oxford, United Kingdom.
Barbara BellichDepartment of Life Sciences, University of Triestegrid.5133.4, Trieste, Italy.
Paola CescuttiDepartment of Life Sciences, University of Triestegrid.5133.4, Trieste, Italy.
Gordon DouganCambridge Institute of Therapeutic Immunology and Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Jan JacobsInstitute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium.
Octavie LunguyaDepartment of Microbiology, Institut National de Recherche Biomédicale, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Francesca MicoliGSK Vaccines Institute for Global Health, Siena, Italy.
Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde · BEToscana Life Sciences · ITNational Institute of Biomedical Research · CDUniversity of Antwerp · BEUniversity of Trieste · ITUniversité Libre de Bruxelles · BEUniversity of Cambridge · GBUniversity of Cape Town · ZAUniversity of Oxford · GBWellcome Sanger Institute · GB

Funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research CouncilMedical Research Council
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium causes a devastating burden of invasive disease in sub-Saharan Africa with high levels of antimicrobial resistance. No licensed vaccine is available, but O-antigen-based candidates are in development, as the O-antigen moiety of lipopolysaccharides is the principal target of protective immunity. The vaccines under development are designed based on isolates with O-antigen O-acetylated at position C-2 of abequose, giving the O:5 antigen. Serotyping data on recent Salmonella Typhimurium clinical isolates from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), however, indicate increasing levels of isolates without O:5. The importance and distribution of this loss of O:5 antigen in the population as well as the genetic mechanism responsible for the loss and chemical characteristics of the O-antigen are poorly understood. In this study, we Illumina whole-genome sequenced 354 Salmonella Typhimurium isolates from the DRC, which were isolated between 2002 and 2017. We used genomics and phylogenetics combined with chemical approaches (

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Anti-Infective AgentsSalmonella entericaSalmonella InfectionsSepsisDemocratic Republic of the CongoHumansLipopolysaccharidesO AntigensSalmonella typhimuriumSerogroupAnti-Infective AgentsLipopolysaccharidesO AntigensDemocratic Republic of the CongogenomicsiNTSO-antigenSalmonella Typhimuriumsurface structuresvaccineswhole-genome sequencing

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PMID35862803
PMCPMC9426603
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