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ArticleJournal of clinical microbiology2015

Detection of enterovirus D68 in Canadian laboratories.

Todd F Hatchette, Steven J Drews, Elsie Grudeski, Tim Booth, Christine Martineau, Kerry Dust, Richard Garceau, Jonathan Gubbay, Tim Karnauchow, Mel Krajden and 13 more

Abstract read
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Article 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 11 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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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

11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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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

23 authors.

Todd F HatchetteDivision of Microbiology, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Capital District Health Authority (CDHA), Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Department of Pathology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Steven J DrewsProvincial Laboratory for Public Health (ProvLab), University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Department Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Elsie GrudeskiEnterovirus and Enteric Virus Laboratory, National Microbiology Laboratory (NML), Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
Tim BoothEnterovirus and Enteric Virus Laboratory, National Microbiology Laboratory (NML), Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
Christine MartineauLaboratoire de Santé Publique du Québec (LSPQ)/Institut National de Santé Publique du Québec (INSPQ), Québec, Canada.
Kerry DustCadham Provincial Laboratory, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
Richard GarceauCentre Hospitalier Universitaire George L. Dumont, Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada.
Jonathan GubbayPublic Health Ontario and University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Tim KarnauchowEORLA Regional Virology Laboratory, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Mel KrajdenPublic Health Microbiology and Reference Laboratory, British Columbia Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC), Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Paul N LevettSaskatchewan Disease Control Lab (SDCL), Ministry of Health, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Tony MazzulliDepartment of Microbiology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University Health Network, and Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Ryan R McDonaldSaskatchewan Disease Control Lab (SDCL), Ministry of Health, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Alan McNabbPublic Health Microbiology and Reference Laboratory, British Columbia Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC), Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Samira MubarekaSunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Robert NeedlePublic Health Laboratory and Microbiology, St-John's, Newfoundland, Canada.
Astrid PetrichThe Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Susan RichardsonThe Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Candy RutherfordSt-Joseph's Healthcare, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Marek SmiejaSt-Joseph's Healthcare, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Raymond TellierProvincial Laboratory for Public Health (ProvLab), University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Graham TipplesProvincial Laboratory for Public Health (ProvLab), University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Medical Microbiology and Immunology University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Jason J LeBlancDivision of Microbiology, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Capital District Health Authority (CDHA), Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Department of Pathology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada jason.leblanc@cdha.nshealth.ca.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The recent emergence of a severe respiratory disease caused by enterovirus D68 prompted investigation into whether Canadian hospital and provincial laboratories can detect this virus using commercial and laboratory-developed assays. This study demonstrated analytical sensitivity differences between commercial and laboratory-developed assays for the detection of enterovirus D68.

Indexed as

Laboratory Proficiency TestingCanadaClinical Laboratory TechniquesDiagnostic Tests, RoutineEnterovirus D, HumanEnterovirus InfectionsHumansRespiratory Tract InfectionsSensitivity and Specificity

Identifiers

PMID25740765
PMCPMC4400745

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