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ArticleEuro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin2023

Outbreak of

Stéphanie Jacquinet, Helena Martini, Jean-Paul Mangion, Sarah Neusy, Aurélie Detollenaere, Naïma Hammami, Lien Bruggeman, Bart Hoorelbeke, Denis Pierard, Laura Cornelissen

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Article in Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
10citing papers in PubMed
3.9field-weighted citation impact, top 6% 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, 13 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

10 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Stéphanie JacquinetEpidemiology of infectious diseases, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Sciensano, Brussels, Belgium.
Helena MartiniDepartment of Microbiology, National Reference Centre for toxigenic corynebacteria, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Brussels, Belgium.
Jean-Paul MangionMédecins Sans Frontières, Brussels, Belgium.
Sarah NeusyPreventive Medecine, Commission Communautaire Commune, Brussels, Belgium.
Aurélie DetollenaerePreventive Medecine, Commission Communautaire Commune, Brussels, Belgium.
Naïma HammamiAgency for Care and Health, Team Infection control and prevention, Brussels, Belgium.
Lien BruggemanNational Medical Coordinator, Fedasil, Brussels, Belgium.
Bart HoorelbekePublic Health Emergencies department, Federal Public Service - Health, Food Chain Safety and Environment, Brussels, Belgium.
Denis PierardDepartment of Microbiology, National Reference Centre for toxigenic corynebacteria, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Brussels, Belgium.
Laura CornelissenEpidemiology of infectious diseases, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Sciensano, Brussels, Belgium.
Common Community Commission · BESciensano (Belgium) · BEVrije Universiteit Brussel · BEMédecins Sans Frontières · BEService Public Fédéral Technologie de l'Information et de la Communication · BE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Since 2022, European countries have been facing an outbreak of mainly cutaneous diphtheria caused by toxigenic

Indexed as

Corynebacterium diphtheriaeDiphtheriaRefugeesBelgiumDisease OutbreaksHumansMaleMultilocus Sequence Typingasylum seekersCorynebacteriumdiphtheriaecutaneous diphtheriaEuropean countriesoutbreak management

Identifiers

PMID37917029
PMCPMC10623644
OpenAlexW4388237026

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Registered trials

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