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ReviewBiosensors2018

Simple Approaches to Minimally-Instrumented, Microfluidic-Based Point-of-Care Nucleic Acid Amplification Tests.

Michael G Mauk, Jinzhao Song, Changchun Liu, Haim H Bau

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Review in Biosensors, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 35 papers.

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35citing 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

35 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

4 authors.

Michael G MaukMechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics (MEAM), School of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Pennsylvania, Towne Building, 220 33rd Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. mmauk@seas.upenn.edu.
Jinzhao SongMechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics (MEAM), School of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Pennsylvania, Towne Building, 220 33rd Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. songjinz@seas.upenn.edu.
Changchun LiuMechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics (MEAM), School of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Pennsylvania, Towne Building, 220 33rd Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. lchangc@seas.upenn.edu.
Haim H BauMechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics (MEAM), School of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Pennsylvania, Towne Building, 220 33rd Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. bau@seas.upenn.edu.

Funding

Multiplexed point-of-care molecular detection for multiple infections in co-endemic settingsR21AI128059 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI BAU, HAIM H, GREENBERG, ROBERT M · 2017 to 2018
$443k
Molecular and Antibody Detection of Zika Virus in Saliva at the Point of CareR21DE026700 · NIDCR · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI BAU, HAIM H · 2016 to 2017
$443k
NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI128059NIDCR NIH HHS R21 DE026700
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Designs and applications of microfluidics-based devices for molecular diagnostics (Nucleic Acid Amplification Tests, NAATs) in infectious disease testing are reviewed, with emphasis on minimally instrumented, point-of-care (POC) tests for resource-limited settings. Microfluidic cartridges ('chips') that combine solid-phase nucleic acid extraction; isothermal enzymatic nucleic acid amplification; pre-stored, paraffin-encapsulated lyophilized reagents; and real-time or endpoint optical detection are described. These chips can be used with a companion module for separating plasma from blood through a combined sedimentation-filtration effect. Three reporter types: Fluorescence, colorimetric dyes, and bioluminescence; and a new paradigm for end-point detection based on a diffusion-reaction column are compared. Multiplexing (parallel amplification and detection of multiple targets) is demonstrated. Low-cost detection and added functionality (data analysis, control, communication) can be realized using a cellphone platform with the chip. Some related and similar-purposed approaches by others are surveyed.

Indexed as

AnimalsEquipment DesignHumansLab-On-A-Chip DevicesMicrofluidic Analytical TechniquesNucleic Acid Amplification TechniquesPoint-of-Care SystemsSmartphonelab on a chipLAMP (loop mediated amplification)microfluidicsmolecular diagnosticsNAATnucleic acid amplification testRPA

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PMID29495424
PMCPMC5872065

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