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ReviewJournal of clinical microbiology2015

Standardization of Nucleic Acid Tests for Clinical Measurements of Bacteria and Viruses.

Jernej Pavšič, Alison S Devonshire, Helen Parkes, Heinz Schimmel, Carole A Foy, Maria Karczmarczyk, Ion Gutiérrez-Aguirre, Isobella Honeyborne, Jim F Huggett, Timothy D McHugh and 3 more

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Review in Journal of clinical microbiology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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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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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

20 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Jernej PavšičNational Institute of Biology, Department of Biotechnology and Systems Biology, Ljubljana, Slovenia Jožef Stefan International Postgraduate School, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Alison S DevonshireLGC, Queens Road, Teddington, Middlesex, United Kingdom alison.devonshire@lgcgroup.com.
Helen ParkesLGC, Queens Road, Teddington, Middlesex, United Kingdom.
Heinz SchimmelEuropean Commission Directorate-General Joint Research Centre (JRC), Institute for Reference Materials and Measurements, Geel, Belgium.
Carole A FoyLGC, Queens Road, Teddington, Middlesex, United Kingdom.
Maria KarczmarczykEuropean Commission Directorate-General Joint Research Centre (JRC), Institute for Reference Materials and Measurements, Geel, Belgium.
Ion Gutiérrez-AguirreNational Institute of Biology, Department of Biotechnology and Systems Biology, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Isobella HoneyborneCentre for Clinical Microbiology, Department of Infection, Royal Free Campus, University College London, London, United Kingdom.
Jim F HuggettLGC, Queens Road, Teddington, Middlesex, United Kingdom.
Timothy D McHughCentre for Clinical Microbiology, Department of Infection, Royal Free Campus, University College London, London, United Kingdom.
Mojca MilavecNational Institute of Biology, Department of Biotechnology and Systems Biology, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Heinz ZeichhardtCharité-University Medicine Berlin, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Institute of Virology, Berlin, Germany.
Jana ŽelNational Institute of Biology, Department of Biotechnology and Systems Biology, Ljubljana, Slovenia.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Nucleic acid-based tests for infectious diseases currently used in the clinical laboratory and in point-of-care devices are diverse. Measurement challenges associated with standardization of quantitative viral load testing are discussed in relation to human cytomegalovirus, BK virus, and Epstein-Barr virus, while the importance of defining the performance of qualitative methods is illustrated with Mycobacterium tuberculosis and influenza virus. The development of certified reference materials whose values are traceable to higher-order standards and reference measurement procedures, using, for instance, digital PCR, will further contribute to the understanding of analytical performance characteristics and promote clinical data comparability.

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BacteriaBacterial InfectionsBacterial LoadHumansMolecular Diagnostic TechniquesReference StandardsViral LoadVirus DiseasesViruses

Identifiers

PMID25392365
PMCPMC4473239

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