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ArticleArchives of virology2011

Development of a molecular-beacon-based multi-allelic real-time RT-PCR assay for the detection of human coronavirus causing severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS-CoV): a general methodology for detecting rapidly mutating viruses.

Andreas V Hadjinicolaou, Gabriella A Farcas, Victoria L Demetriou, Tony Mazzulli, Susan M Poutanen, Barbara M Willey, Donald E Low, Jagdish Butany, Sylvia L Asa, Kevin C Kain and 1 more

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Article in Archives of virology, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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17citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 42% 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

17 citing papers in PubMed, 34 citations in OpenAlex.

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  12. COVID-19 reinfection: Linked Possibilities and future outlook.Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2020
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  15. Laboratory readiness and response for novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) in expert laboratories in 30 EU/EEA countries, January 2020.Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin · 2020
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  17. Molecular beacons: a novel optical diagnostic tool.Archivum immunologiae et therapiae experimentalis · 2013
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 6 institutions in 2 countries.

Andreas V HadjinicolaouLaboratory of Biotechnology and Molecular Virology, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cyprus, 75 Kallipoleos Avenue, Nicosia, Cyprus.
Gabriella A Farcas
Victoria L Demetriou
Tony Mazzulli
Susan M Poutanen
Barbara M Willey
Donald E Low
Jagdish Butany
Sylvia L Asa
Kevin C Kain
Leondios G Kostrikis
Mount Sinai Hospital · CAUniversity of Cyprus · CYToronto General Hospital · CAToronto Public Health · CAUniversity Health Network · CAUniversity of Toronto · CA

Funding

Canadian Institutes of Health Research MT-13721
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Emerging infectious diseases have caused a global effort for development of fast and accurate detection techniques. The rapidly mutating nature of viruses presents a major difficulty, highlighting the need for specific detection of genetically diverse strains. One such infectious agent is SARS-associated coronavirus (SARS-CoV), which emerged in 2003. This study aimed to develop a real-time RT-PCR detection assay specific for SARS-CoV, taking into account its intrinsic polymorphic nature due to genetic drift and recombination and the possibility of continuous and multiple introductions of genetically non-identical strains into the human population, by using mismatch-tolerant molecular beacons designed to specifically detect the SARS-CoV S, E, M and N genes. These were applied in simple, reproducible duplex and multiplex real-time PCR assays on 25 post-mortem samples and constructed RNA controls, and they demonstrated high target detection ability and specificity. This assay can readily be adapted for detection of other emerging and rapidly mutating pathogens.

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HumansMolecular Diagnostic TechniquesMutationOligonucleotide ProbesReverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain ReactionSensitivity and SpecificitySevere Acute Respiratory SyndromeSevere acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirusVirologyOligonucleotide Probes

Identifiers

PMID21221674
PMCPMC7087183
OpenAlexW2023278036

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