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ArticlePNAS nexus2024

Mysteriously rapid rise in Legionnaires' disease incidence correlates with declining atmospheric sulfur dioxide.

Fangqun Yu, Arshad A Nair, Ursula Lauper, Gan Luo, Jason Herb, Matthew Morse, Braden Savage, Martin Zartarian, Meng Wang, Shao Lin

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Article in PNAS nexus, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed
4.9field-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

5 citing papers in PubMed, 8 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 3 institutions in 1 country.

Fangqun YuAtmospheric Sciences Research Center, University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, NY 12226, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8862-4835
Arshad A NairAtmospheric Sciences Research Center, University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, NY 12226, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2530-7757
Ursula LauperNew York State Department of Health, Bureau of Water Supply Protection, Albany, NY 12223, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6262-0112
Gan LuoAtmospheric Sciences Research Center, University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, NY 12226, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9588-7008
Jason HerbAtmospheric Sciences Research Center, University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, NY 12226, USA.
Matthew MorseNew York State Department of Health, Bureau of Water Supply Protection, Albany, NY 12223, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0008-2288-3605
Braden SavageNew York State Department of Health, Bureau of Water Supply Protection, Albany, NY 12223, USA.
Martin ZartarianNew York State Department of Health, Bureau of Water Supply Protection, Albany, NY 12223, USA.
Meng WangSchool of Public Health and Health Professions, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, NY 14214, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2085-6191
Shao LinSchool of Public Health, University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, NY 12144, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5535-7504
Albany State University · USNew York State Department of Health · USUniversity at Buffalo, State University of New York · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Legionnaires' disease (LD) is a severe form of pneumonia (∼10-25% fatality rate) caused by inhalation of aerosols containing

Indexed as

aerosolsbiological transportcooling towerslegionellosisSO2

Identifiers

PMID38476666
PMCPMC10929586
OpenAlexW4392718308

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