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ArticleApplied and environmental microbiology2018

Sensitive and Specific Recombinase Polymerase Amplification Assays for Fast Screening, Detection, and Identification of Bacillus anthracis in a Field Setting.

Mostafa Bentahir, Jérôme Ambroise, Cathy Delcorps, Paola Pilo, Jean-Luc Gala

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Article in Applied and environmental microbiology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12citing papers in PubMed
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 23% of its field
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

12 citing papers in PubMed, 25 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Mostafa BentahirCentre de Technologies Moléculaires Appliquées, Institut de Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique, Université catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium mostafa.bentahir@uclouvain.be.
Jérôme AmbroiseCentre de Technologies Moléculaires Appliquées, Institut de Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique, Université catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium.
Cathy DelcorpsBiothreats Unit, Defense Laboratories Department, Belgian Armed Forces, Brussels, Belgium.
Paola PiloInstitute of Veterinary Bacteriology, Vetsuisse, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
Jean-Luc GalaCentre de Technologies Moléculaires Appliquées, Institut de Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique, Université catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium.
UCLouvain · BEUniversity of Bern · CH

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Four isothermal recombinase polymerase amplification (RPA) assays were developed for fast in-field identification of

Indexed as

Real-Time Polymerase Chain ReactionBacillus anthracisBacteriological TechniquesDNA, BacterialPowdersRecombinasesSensitivity and SpecificityDNA, BacterialPowdersRecombinasesbiothreat agentsisothermal amplificationquantitative PCR

Identifiers

PMID29602786
PMCPMC5960963
OpenAlexW2794529083

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