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ReviewCurrent opinion in virology2011

From orphan virus to pathogen: the path to the clinical lab.

Linlin Li, Eric Delwart

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Review in Current opinion in virology, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
12citing papers in PubMed
6.6field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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

12 citing papers in PubMed, 30 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. Rare and emerging viral infections in transplant recipients.Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · 2013
    Review
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  10. A roadmap to the human virome.PLoS pathogens · 2013
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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

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Linlin LiBlood Systems Research Institute, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Eric Delwart
University of California, San Francisco · US

Funding

Metagenomic detection of emerging viruses in the blood supplyR01HL105770 · NHLBI · VITALANT · PI DELWART, ERIC L · 2011 to 2015
$2.4M
Metagenomic analysis of the human viromeR01HL083254 · NHLBI · VITALANT · PI DELWART, ERIC L · 2007 to 2010
$1.6M
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL083254NHLBI NIH HHS R01HL083254NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL105770NHLBI NIH HHS R01HL105770
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Viral metagenomics has recently yielded numerous previously uncharacterized viral genomes from human and animal samples. We review some of the metagenomics tools and strategies to determine which orphan viruses are likely pathogens. Disease association studies compare viral prevalence in patients with unexplained symptoms versus healthy individuals but require these case and control groups to be closely matched epidemiologically. The development of an antibody response in convalescent serum can temporarily link symptoms with a recent infection. Neutralizing antibody detection require often difficult cell culture virus amplification. Antibody binding assays require proper antigen synthesis and positive control sera to set assay thresholds. High levels of viral genetic diversity within orphan viral groups, frequent co-infections, low or rare pathogenicity, and chronic virus shedding, can all complicate disease association studies. The limited availability of matched cases and controls sample sets from different age groups and geographic origins is a major block for estimating the pathogenic potential of recently characterized orphan viruses. Current limitations on the practical use of deep sequencing for viral diagnostics are listed.

Indexed as

AnimalsGenome, ViralHumansMetagenomicsVirulenceVirus DiseasesVirusesdisease associationorphan virusviral metagenomicsvirus discovery

Identifiers

PMID22003378
PMCPMC3190133
OpenAlexW2086639593

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