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ArticleThe World Allergy Organization journal2024

Dorra Gharbi, Dilys Berman, Frank H Neumann, Trevor Hill, Siyavuya Sidla, Sarel S Cillers, Jurgens Staats, Nanike Esterhuizen, Linus Ajikah, Moteng E Moseri and 11 more

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Article in The World Allergy Organization journal, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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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

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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

7 citing papers in PubMed.

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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

21 authors.

Dorra GharbiDivision of Allergology and Clinical Immunology, Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
Dilys BermanDivision of Allergology and Clinical Immunology, Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
Frank H NeumannUnit for Environmental Sciences and Management, Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Science, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa.
Trevor HillDiscipline of Geography, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa.
Siyavuya SidlaDivision of Allergology and Clinical Immunology, Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
Sarel S CillersUnit for Environmental Sciences and Management, Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Science, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa.
Jurgens StaatsDepartment of Family Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Nanike EsterhuizenDepartment of Conservation Ecology and Entomology, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch, South Africa.
Linus AjikahEvolutionary Studies Institute and School of Geosciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Moteng E MoseriUnit for Environmental Sciences and Management, Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Science, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa.
Lynne J QuickAfrican Centre for Coastal Paleoscience, Nelson Mandela University, Gqeberha, South Africa.
Erin HilmerAfrican Centre for Coastal Paleoscience, Nelson Mandela University, Gqeberha, South Africa.
Andri Van AardtDepartment of Plant Sciences, Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa.
Juanette JohnSmart Place, CSIR, Pretoria, South Africa.
Rebecca GarlandDepartment of Geography, Geoinformatics and Meteorology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.
Jemma FinchDiscipline of Geography, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa.
Werner HoekDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, Gariep Mediclinic, Kimberley, South Africa.
Marion BamfordEvolutionary Studies Institute and School of Geosciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Riaz Y SeedatDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa.
Ahmed I ManjraHiway Medical Centre, Westville Hospital, Durban, South Africa.
Jonny PeterDivision of Allergology and Clinical Immunology, Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Ragweed is an invasive, highly allergenic weed predicted to expand its habitat with warming global temperatures. Several Methods: Burkard volumetric spore traps for collecting pollen samples are set up in 9 South African cities (Johannesburg, Cape Town, Pretoria, Kimberley, Durban, Potchefstroom, Ermelo, Bloemfontein, and Gqeberha). Light microscopic identification was combined with environmental DNA metabarcoding analysis to confirm the species level of airborne Results: Conclusion: Our study confirms the need to monitor the spread of ragweed, and an increasing awareness of Ambrosia as an allergen of concern in Southern Africa. Extension of aerobiological networks and testing for

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AllergenicityAmbrosiaBioaerosol monitoringeDNA metabarcodingSouthern Africa

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PMID39698164
PMCPMC11652763

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