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ArticleEmerging microbes & infections2023

Probable airborne transmission of

Wing-Gi Wu, Marcus Ho-Hin Shum, Ivan Tak-Fai Wong, Kelvin Keru Lu, Lam-Kwong Lee, Jake Siu-Lun Leung, Hiu-Yin Lao, Annie Wing-Tung Lee, Pak-Ting Hau, Chloe Toi-Mei Chan and 14 more

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Article in Emerging microbes & infections, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11citing papers in PubMed
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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

11 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. Outbreak of melioidosis in a highly urbanized area.Emerging microbes & infections · 2025
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  6. Spatial and Temporal Analyses of Melioidosis in Kaohsiung, Taiwan.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2025
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  11. A fatal case of septicemic melioidosis in a patient with autoantibody against interferon-γ: a case report.European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology · 2023
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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.

Wing-Gi WuDepartment of Pathology, Princess Margaret Hospital, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China.
Marcus Ho-Hin ShumState Key Laboratory of Emerging Infectious Diseases, School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China.
Ivan Tak-Fai WongDepartment of Health Technology and Informatics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong Administrative Region, People's Republic of China.
Kelvin Keru LuDepartment of Health Technology and Informatics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong Administrative Region, People's Republic of China.
Lam-Kwong LeeDepartment of Health Technology and Informatics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong Administrative Region, People's Republic of China.
Jake Siu-Lun LeungDepartment of Health Technology and Informatics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong Administrative Region, People's Republic of China.ORCID 0000-0001-5001-8282
Hiu-Yin LaoDepartment of Health Technology and Informatics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong Administrative Region, People's Republic of China.
Annie Wing-Tung LeeDepartment of Health Technology and Informatics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong Administrative Region, People's Republic of China.
Pak-Ting HauDepartment of Health Technology and Informatics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong Administrative Region, People's Republic of China.
Chloe Toi-Mei ChanDepartment of Health Technology and Informatics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong Administrative Region, People's Republic of China.
Harmen Fung-Tin WongDepartment of Health Technology and Informatics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong Administrative Region, People's Republic of China.
Sharon Ka-Yee FungDepartment of Health Technology and Informatics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong Administrative Region, People's Republic of China.
Sally Choi-Ying WongDepartment of Health Technology and Informatics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong Administrative Region, People's Republic of China.
Iain Chi-Fung NgDepartment of Health Technology and Informatics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong Administrative Region, People's Republic of China.
Timothy Ting-Leung NgDepartment of Health Technology and Informatics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong Administrative Region, People's Republic of China.
Ning ChowDepartment of Health Technology and Informatics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong Administrative Region, People's Republic of China.
Alex Yat-Man HoDepartment of Pathology, Princess Margaret Hospital, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China.
Mei Fan HungDepartment of Pathology, Princess Margaret Hospital, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China.
Franklin Wang-Ngai ChowDepartment of Health Technology and Informatics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong Administrative Region, People's Republic of China.ORCID 0000-0003-1275-2464
Maureen Mo-Lin WongDepartment of Medicine and Geriatrics/Intensive Care Unit, Caritas Medical Centre, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China.
Wing-Kin ToDepartment of Pathology, Princess Margaret Hospital, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China.
Tommy Tsan-Yuk LamState Key Laboratory of Emerging Infectious Diseases, School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China.
Kristine Shik LukDepartment of Pathology, Princess Margaret Hospital, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China.
Gilman Kit-Hang SiuDepartment of Health Technology and Informatics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong Administrative Region, People's Republic of China.ORCID 0000-0002-4354-3393

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Between January 2015 and October 2022, 38 patients with culture-confirmed melioidosis were identified in the Kowloon West (KW) Region, Hong Kong. Notably, 30 of them were clustered in the Sham Shui Po (SSP) district, which covers an estimated area of 2.5 km

Indexed as

Burkholderia pseudomalleiCyclonic StormsMelioidosisChinaDisease OutbreaksHong KongHumansRespiratory Aerosols and DropletsRNA, Ribosomal, 16SSeasonsRNA, Ribosomal, 16Sairborne transmissionBurkholderia pseudomalleicore genome-multilocus sequence typingMelioidosistyphoonurban outbreak

Identifiers

PMID37070526
PMCPMC10155638

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