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ArticleThe Ulster medical journal2022

Pestilence, Plague and Pandemics: A Troubled History.

Mwd Wren, D Petts, G Guthrie, S Clarke, B R Nation, L Peters, S Mortlock, I Sturdgess, M Wright, C Burt

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Article in The Ulster medical journal, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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0cells of the map it votes in
0citing papers in PubMed
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 41% 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

0 citing papers in PubMed, 1 citations in OpenAlex.

No citing paper in PubMed yet.

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

10 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Mwd WrenHistory Committee, Institute of Biomedical Science, 12 Coldbath Square, London, EC1R 5HL.
D PettsHistory Committee, Institute of Biomedical Science, 12 Coldbath Square, London, EC1R 5HL.
G GuthrieHistory Committee, Institute of Biomedical Science, 12 Coldbath Square, London, EC1R 5HL.
S ClarkeHistory Committee, Institute of Biomedical Science, 12 Coldbath Square, London, EC1R 5HL.
B R NationHistory Committee, Institute of Biomedical Science, 12 Coldbath Square, London, EC1R 5HL.
L PetersHistory Committee, Institute of Biomedical Science, 12 Coldbath Square, London, EC1R 5HL.
S MortlockHistory Committee, Institute of Biomedical Science, 12 Coldbath Square, London, EC1R 5HL.
I SturdgessHistory Committee, Institute of Biomedical Science, 12 Coldbath Square, London, EC1R 5HL.
M WrightHistory Committee, Institute of Biomedical Science, 12 Coldbath Square, London, EC1R 5HL.
C BurtHistory Committee, Institute of Biomedical Science, 12 Coldbath Square, London, EC1R 5HL.
Northampton Community College · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Humankind has lived with the danger of endemic, epidemic and pandemic disease for thousands of years. The effects of these outbreaks have often devastated human populations. Sixteen pandemic events causing an estimated 147 million deaths have occurred since the eighth century, The Black Death and the influenza pandemic of 1918-1920 probably having the greatest impact. Animal populations, both wild and domestic, have similarly suffered devastating outbreaks of disease which, on occasions, have translated into serious effects on human health. The deliberate or accidental introduction of animals into virgin areas has given rise to unforeseen disease events occasionally leading to extinction. Similarly, human intent or negligence and the vagaries of nature itself has resulted in ill health and loss of life. This paper describes the history of pandemics, epidemics and disasters, and the attempts to bring them under control.

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PlagueHumans

Identifiers

PMID36474849
PMCPMC9720592
OpenAlexW4311576084

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