Evidence map›Paper›PMID 38933949›Full record

ArticleHeliyon2024

Increased flushing frequency of a model plumbing system initially promoted the formation of viable but non culturable cells but ultimately reduced the concentration of culturable and total

Muhammad Atif Nisar, Kirstin E Ross, Melissa H Brown, Richard Bentham, Giles Best, Nicholas S Eyre, Sophie C Leterme, Harriet Whiley

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Article in Heliyon, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing 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

3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Microorganisms · 2026
    Review
  2. Biofilm · 2025
    Article
  3. Biofilm · 2025
    Article
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

8 authors.

Muhammad Atif NisarCollege of Science and Engineering, Flinders University, Bedford Park, SA, 5042, Australia.
Kirstin E RossCollege of Science and Engineering, Flinders University, Bedford Park, SA, 5042, Australia.
Melissa H BrownCollege of Science and Engineering, Flinders University, Bedford Park, SA, 5042, Australia.
Richard BenthamCollege of Science and Engineering, Flinders University, Bedford Park, SA, 5042, Australia.
Giles BestCollege of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University, Bedford Park, SA, 5042, Australia.
Nicholas S EyreCollege of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University, Bedford Park, SA, 5042, Australia.
Sophie C LetermeCollege of Science and Engineering, Flinders University, Bedford Park, SA, 5042, Australia.
Harriet WhileyCollege of Science and Engineering, Flinders University, Bedford Park, SA, 5042, Australia.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Building plumbing systemFlow dynamicsFree-living amoebaeLegionnaires' diseaseViable but non culturable (VBNC) LegionellaWater stagnation

Identifiers

PMID38933949
PMCPMC11200333

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Registered trials

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