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ReviewVaccines2023

Pneumococcal Vaccine Breakthrough and Failure in Infants and Children: A Narrative Review.

Kristen Feemster, Jessica Weaver, Ulrike Buchwald, Natalie Banniettis, Kara S Cox, E David McIntosh, Vana Spoulou

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In one paragraph

Review in Vaccines, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
12citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.2field-weighted citation impact, top 7% 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

12 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 15 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

7 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Kristen FeemsterMerck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ 07065, USA.
Jessica WeaverMerck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ 07065, USA.
Ulrike BuchwaldMerck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ 07065, USA.
Natalie BanniettisMerck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ 07065, USA.
Kara S CoxMerck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ 07065, USA.
E David McIntoshMSD (UK) Limited, London EC2M 6UR, UK.
Vana SpoulouImmunobiology and Vaccinology Research Laboratory, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 11527 Athens, Greece.
Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA (United States) · USMSD (UK) Limited (United Kingdom) · GBNational and Kapodistrian University of Athens · GR

Funding

Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., a subsidiary of Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA. N/A
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Globally,

Indexed as

breakthroughchildrenfailureinfantspneumococcalpneumoniavaccine

Identifiers

PMID38140155
PMCPMC10747311
OpenAlexW4388973421

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Registered trials

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