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ArticleJournal of clinical microbiology2018

Serological Diagnostics of Lyme Borreliosis: Comparison of Universal and Borrelia Species-Specific Tests Based on Whole-Cell and Recombinant Antigens.

Petr Kodym, Zuzana Kurzová, Dagmar Berenová, Dušan Pícha, Dita Smíšková, Lenka Moravcová, Marek Malý

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In one paragraph

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 20 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
20citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 20% 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

20 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 23 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Incidence of Lyme Borreliosis in Europe: A Systematic Review (2005-2020).Vector borne and zoonotic diseases (Larchmont, N.Y.) · 2023
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  3. Incidence of Lyme Borreliosis in Europe from National Surveillance Systems (2005-2020).Vector borne and zoonotic diseases (Larchmont, N.Y.) · 2023
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  18. Serological diagnostics of Lyme borreliosis: comparison of assays in twelve clinical laboratories in Northern Europe.European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology · 2019
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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

7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Petr KodymDepartment of Zoonoses with Natural Focality, Centre for Epidemiology and Microbiology, National Institute of Public Health, Prague, Czech Republic petr.kodym@szu.cz.
Zuzana KurzováDepartment of Zoonoses with Natural Focality, Centre for Epidemiology and Microbiology, National Institute of Public Health, Prague, Czech Republic.
Dagmar BerenováDepartment of Zoonoses with Natural Focality, Centre for Epidemiology and Microbiology, National Institute of Public Health, Prague, Czech Republic.
Dušan PíchaDepartment of Infectious Diseases, 2nd Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and Na Bulovce Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic.
Dita SmíškováDepartment of Infectious Diseases, 2nd Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and Na Bulovce Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic.
Lenka MoravcováDepartment of Infectious Diseases, 2nd Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and Na Bulovce Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic.
Marek MalýDepartment of Biostatistics, National Institute of Public Health, Prague, Czech Republic.
National Institute of Public Health · CZFakultní nemocnice Bulovka · CZCharles University · CZ

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The study compares diagnostic parameters of different commercial serological kits based on three different antigen types and correlates test results with the status of the patient's

Indexed as

Antibodies, BacterialAntigens, BacterialBorreliaBorrelia burgdorferiHumansImmunoassayLyme DiseaseReagent Kits, DiagnosticSensitivity and SpecificitySerologic TestsAntibodies, BacterialAntigens, BacterialReagent Kits, DiagnosticBorrelia burgdorfericomparative studiesimmunoassaysLyme diseaseserology

Identifiers

PMID30185509
PMCPMC6204684
OpenAlexW2890344980

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