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ArticleJournal of clinical microbiology2009

Anomalous quantitation standard growth curves in a laboratory-developed hepatitis C virus (HCV) RNA quantification assay using the TaqMan HCV analyte-specific reagent.

Jeffrey J Germer, Jemee D Kathrotiya, Carrie F Bouse, P Shawn Mitchell, Joseph D C Yao

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Article in Journal of clinical microbiology, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

0 citing papers in PubMed, 1 citations in OpenAlex.

No citing paper in PubMed yet.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jeffrey J GermerDivision of Clinical Microbiology, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905-0002, USA.
Jemee D Kathrotiya
Carrie F Bouse
P Shawn Mitchell
Joseph D C Yao
Mayo Clinic · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A retrospective examination of quantitation standard growth curves associated with 1,000 unique clinical serum specimens tested by a laboratory-developed TaqMan hepatitis C virus analyte-specific reagent-based assay revealed anomalous growth curves associated with 0.40% (95% confidence interval, 0.11% to 1.00%) of these specimens.

Indexed as

Diagnostic ErrorsReagent Kits, DiagnosticHepacivirusHumansMolecular Diagnostic TechniquesRNAViral LoadReagent Kits, DiagnosticRNA

Identifiers

PMID19420174
PMCPMC2708476
OpenAlexW2134090332

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