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ArticleJournal of clinical microbiology2012

Use of a prequalification panel for rapid scale-up of high-throughput HIV viral load testing.

Lesley E Scott, Sergio Carmona, Natasha Gous, Pamela Horsfield, Melanie Mackay, Wendy Stevens

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Article in Journal of clinical microbiology, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
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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

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

6 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

6 authors.

Lesley E ScottDepartment of Molecular Medicine and Haematology, School of Pathology, Faculty of Health Science, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. lesley.scott@nhls.ac.za
Sergio Carmona
Natasha Gous
Pamela Horsfield
Melanie Mackay
Wendy Stevens

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Increased access to antiretroviral drugs expands needs for viral load (VL) testing. South Africa's National Health Laboratory Service responded to demands by implementing two testing platforms in 17 laboratories within 8 months. An industry partner's collaboration, training programs, and method verification with a VL prequalification panel ensured testing quality and rapid implementation.

Indexed as

Anti-HIV AgentsClinical Laboratory TechniquesDrug MonitoringHigh-Throughput Screening AssaysHIV InfectionsHumansSouth AfricaViral LoadAnti-HIV Agents

Identifiers

PMID22993182
PMCPMC3503004

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