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ArticleJournal of clinical microbiology2014

Prolonged second diagnostic window for human immunodeficiency virus type 1 in a fourth-generation immunoassay: are alternative testing strategies required?

C R Robert George, Peter W Robertson, M Josephine Lusk, Ross Whybin, William Rawlinson

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Article in Journal of clinical microbiology, 2014. 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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0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 23% 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

6 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

C R Robert GeorgeDepartment of Microbiology, SEALS Pathology, The Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick, New South Wales, Australia.
Peter W RobertsonDepartment of Microbiology, SEALS Pathology, The Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick, New South Wales, Australia School of Medical Sciences, University of New South Wales, Kensington, New South Wales, Australia.
M Josephine LuskSchool of Medical Sciences, University of New South Wales, Kensington, New South Wales, Australia Short Street Centre, St George Hospital, Kogarah, New South Wales, Australia.
Ross WhybinDepartment of Microbiology, SEALS Pathology, The Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick, New South Wales, Australia.
William RawlinsonDepartment of Microbiology, SEALS Pathology, The Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick, New South Wales, Australia School of Medical Sciences, University of New South Wales, Kensington, New South Wales, Australia School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, University of New South Wales, Kensington New South Wales, Australia w.rawlinson@unsw.edu.au.
Prince of Wales Hospital · AUUNSW Sydney · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Diagnosis of acute HIV is done by patient history and examination and testing of RNA, proviral DNA, and serology using fourth-generation antigen/antibody detection assays. We describe an HIV-1 primary infection with a second diagnostic window of 18 to 34 days on a fourth-generation immunoassay, which would have been missed using some current algorithms. Caution must be exercised when fourth-generation HIV-1 immunoassays are interpreted in isolation, and additional testing should be considered depending on patient risk assessment.

Indexed as

AdultDiagnostic Tests, RoutineHIV-1HIV InfectionsHumansImmunoassayMaleTime Factors

Identifiers

PMID25210068
PMCPMC4313264
OpenAlexW1971858805

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