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ArticleJournal of clinical microbiology2018

Performance Evaluation of a Prototype Architect Antibody Assay for Babesia microti.

Kevin Cheng, Kelly E Coller, Christopher C Marohnic, Zachary A Pfeiffer, James R Fino, Randee R Elsing, Janet Bergsma, Marilee A Marcinkus, Alak K Kar, Orlando H Gumbs and 9 more

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Article in Journal of clinical microbiology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 35% of its field
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

5 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Babesiosis and Its Significance in Transfusion Medicine from a European Point of View.Transfusion medicine and hemotherapy : offizielles Organ der Deutschen Gesellschaft fur Transfusionsmedizin und Immunhamatologie · 2026
    Review
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  3. Research progress on diagnostic techniques for differentFrontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2025
    Review
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  5. Persistence ofPathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2019
    Review
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

19 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Kevin Cheng *Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, Illinois, USA.
Kelly E Coller *Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, Illinois, USA kelly.coller@abbott.com.
Christopher C Marohnic *Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, Illinois, USA.
Zachary A PfeifferAbbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, Illinois, USA.
James R FinoAbbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, Illinois, USA.
Randee R ElsingAbbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, Illinois, USA.
Janet BergsmaAbbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, Illinois, USA.
Marilee A MarcinkusAbbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, Illinois, USA.
Alak K KarAbbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, Illinois, USA.
Orlando H GumbsAbbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, Illinois, USA.
Kathy S OtisAbbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, Illinois, USA.
Jeffrey FishpaughAbbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, Illinois, USA.
Phillip W SchultzAbbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, Illinois, USA.
Mark R PopeAbbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, Illinois, USA.
Alfredo R NarvaezAbbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, Illinois, USA.
Susan J WongThe Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany, New York, USA.
Susan Madison-AntenucciThe Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany, New York, USA.
Thomas P LearyAbbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, Illinois, USA.
George J DawsonAbbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, Illinois, USA.
Abbott Fund · USNew York State Department of Health · USWadsworth Center · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The tick-borne protozoan

Indexed as

AnimalsAntibodies, ProtozoanBabesia microtiBabesiosisDisease Models, AnimalFluorescent Antibody Technique, IndirectHumansImmunoassayImmunoglobulin GImmunoglobulin MMacacaMass ScreeningParasitemiaPolymerase Chain ReactionSensitivity and SpecificitySeroconversionAntibodies, ProtozoanImmunoglobulin GImmunoglobulin MBabesia microtiimmunoassay

Identifiers

PMID29743308
PMCPMC6062809
OpenAlexW2801263075

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Registered trials

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