A mobile biosafety microanalysis system for infectious agents.

Daniel R Beniac, Shannon L Hiebert, Christine G Siemens, Cindi R Corbett, Tim F Booth

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Article in Scientific reports, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing 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

3 citing papers in PubMed.

Power of Scanning Electron Microscopy and Energy Dispersive X-Ray Analysis in Rapid Microbial Detection and Identification at the Single Cell Level.Scientific reports · 2020
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Transmission Electron Microscopy Improves the Diagnostic Sensitivity in Nonbacterial Etiology of Severe Pneumonia: A Retrospective Study.The American journal of the medical sciences · 2019
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The scanning electron microscope in microbiology and diagnosis of infectious disease.Scientific reports · 2016
Article

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.

Daniel R BeniacNational Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, 1015 Arlington Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba. R3E 3R2, Canada.

Shannon L HiebertNational Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, 1015 Arlington Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba. R3E 3R2, Canada.

Christine G SiemensNational Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, 1015 Arlington Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba. R3E 3R2, Canada.

Cindi R Corbett1] National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, 1015 Arlington Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba. R3E 3R2, Canada [2] Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba. R3E 0W3, Canada.

Tim F Booth1] National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, 1015 Arlington Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba. R3E 3R2, Canada [2] Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba. R3E 0W3, Canada.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Biological threats posed by pathogens such as Ebola virus must be quickly diagnosed, while protecting the safety of personnel. Scanning electron microscopy and microanalysis requires minimal specimen preparation and can help to identify hazardous agents or substances. Here we report a compact biosafety system for rapid imaging and elemental analysis of specimens, including powders, viruses and bacteria, which is easily transportable to the site of an incident.

Indexed as

Mobile Health UnitsSafetyHumansMicrobiological TechniquesMicroscopy, Electron, Scanning

Identifiers

PMID25820944

DOI10.1038/srep09505

PMCPMC4377622

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