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ArticleJournal of clinical microbiology2005

Multiplex PCR assay for rapid identification of oculopathogenic adenoviruses by amplification of the fiber and hexon genes.

Urmila Banik, Arun Kumar Adhikary, Eiko Suzuki, Toshiki Inada, Nobuhiko Okabe

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Article in Journal of clinical microbiology, 2005. 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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7citing papers in PubMed
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 26 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Urmila BanikInfectious Disease Surveillance Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, 1-23-1 Toyama, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8640, Japan.
Arun Kumar Adhikary
Eiko Suzuki
Toshiki Inada
Nobuhiko Okabe
National Institute of Infectious Diseases · JPThe University of Tokyo · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Eye infections caused by adenovirus (Ad) often result in nosocomial infections and community epidemics with significant rates of morbidity. No antiviral agent effective against Ad is yet available for clinical use. Therefore, early diagnosis is still the mainstay for patient management and the prevention of epidemics. A multiplex PCR assay based on amplification of a combination of the fiber and hexon genes which can identify the six important oculopathogenic serotypes of Ads (Ad serotype 3[Ad3], Ad4, Ad7, Ad8, Ad19, and Ad37) in a single-tube amplification reaction was developed. Ad serotypes could be distinguished by the different amplicon sizes. The assay correctly identified prototype strains as well as isolates in clinical specimens. In comparison with a previously described PCR-restriction fragment polymorphism method, our assay gave unequivocal results for clinical specimens. Our multiplex PCR has the potential to serve as a rapid and cost-effective tool for the typing of important ocular Ads.

Indexed as

Adenoviruses, HumanCapsid ProteinsConjunctivitis, ViralHumansPolymerase Chain ReactionPolymorphism, Restriction Fragment LengthSensitivity and SpecificityCapsid Proteinshexon capsid protein, Adenovirus

Identifiers

PMID15750061
PMCPMC1081273
OpenAlexW2104442945

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