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ArticleProceedings. Biological sciences2023

Sub-communities of the vaginal microbiota in pregnant and non-pregnant women.

Laura Symul, Pratheepa Jeganathan, Elizabeth K Costello, Michael France, Seth M Bloom, Douglas S Kwon, Jacques Ravel, David A Relman, Susan Holmes

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Article in Proceedings. Biological sciences, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
19citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
4.4field-weighted citation impact, top 5% 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

19 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 24 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

9 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Laura SymulDepartment of Statistics, Stanford University, 390 Jane Stanford Way, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9286-0590
Pratheepa JeganathanDepartment of Mathematics and Statistics, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street, West Hamilton, Ontario, Canada L8S 4K1.ORCID 0000-0002-6467-0180
Elizabeth K CostelloDepartment of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, 300 Pasteur Drive, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6441-2931
Michael FranceInstitute for Genome Sciences, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 670 W. Baltimore Street, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6029-0201
Seth M BloomDivision of Infectious Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit Street, Boston, MA 02114, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0462-4596
Douglas S KwonDivision of Infectious Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit Street, Boston, MA 02114, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8521-8735
Jacques RavelInstitute for Genome Sciences, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 670 W. Baltimore Street, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0851-2233
David A RelmanDepartment of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, 300 Pasteur Drive, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8331-1354
Susan HolmesDepartment of Statistics, Stanford University, 390 Jane Stanford Way, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2208-8168
Stanford University · USHarvard University · USUniversity of Maryland, Baltimore · USMcMaster University · CAVA Palo Alto Health Care System · US

Funding

The impact of HIV viral diversity and cellular immunity on HIV pathogenesisP30AI060354 · NIAID · HARVARD UNIVERSITY (MEDICAL SCHOOL) · PI RAJESH T GANDHI · 2004 to 2026
$94.4M
NIAID NIH HHS P30 AI060354
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Diverse and non-

Indexed as

MicrobiotaPremature BirthFemaleHumansInfant, NewbornLactobacillusMenstrual CyclePregnancyRNA, Ribosomal, 16SVaginaRNA, Ribosomal, 16Smenstrual cyclemulti-omicspregnancyvaginal microbiota

Identifiers

PMID38018105
PMCPMC10685114
OpenAlexW4389146527

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Registered trials

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