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ArticleJournal of clinical microbiology2019

Simultaneous Detection and Differentiation between Wild-Type and Vaccine Measles Viruses by a Multiplex Real-Time Reverse Transcription-PCR Assay.

Kanti Pabbaraju, Kara Gill, Anita A Wong, Graham A Tipples, Joanne Hiebert, Alberto Severini, Kevin Fonseca, Raymond Tellier

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Article in Journal of clinical microbiology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 21% 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

4 citing papers in PubMed, 13 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

8 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Kanti PabbarajuProvincial Laboratory for Public Health, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Kara GillProvincial Laboratory for Public Health, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Anita A WongProvincial Laboratory for Public Health, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Graham A TipplesProvincial Laboratory for Public Health, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Joanne HiebertNational Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
Alberto SeveriniNational Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
Kevin FonsecaProvincial Laboratory for Public Health, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Raymond TellierProvincial Laboratory for Public Health, Calgary, Alberta, Canada rtellier@ucalgary.ca.
Provincial Laboratory of Public Health · CAPublic Health Agency of Canada · CAUniversity of Alberta · CAUniversity of Calgary · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Measles is one of the most contagious viral respiratory infections and was declared to be eliminated from Canada in 1998; however, measles cases and outbreaks still occur every year through reintroduction from other parts of the world. Laboratory confirmation of measles virus (MV) RNA by real-time PCR provides a definitive diagnosis, and molecular analysis to determine the genotype is the only way to distinguish between wild-type and vaccine strains. This distinction is important since live attenuated vaccine strains are able to replicate in the patient and can be associated with rash and fever but are poorly transmissible, if at all. Prompt reporting of measles cases to local authorities, including differentiation between wild-type and vaccine strains, allows for optimal management and contact tracing. The development and validation of a multiplex real-time reverse transcription-PCR (rtRT-PCR) assay for the simultaneous detection and differentiation of the Moraten and Schwarz vaccine strains from presumptive wild-type MV in a format that can be easily implemented for high-throughput testing of patient samples are reported here. This assay is sensitive, specific, reproducible, and 100% accurate in comparison with the gold standard comparator assay.

Indexed as

GenotypeHumansMeaslesMeasles VaccineMeasles virusMultiplex Polymerase Chain ReactionRNA, ViralSensitivity and SpecificityVaccines, AttenuatedViral ProteinsMeasles VaccineRNA, ViralVaccines, AttenuatedViral Proteinsmeaslesreal-time RT-PCRvaccineswild type

Identifiers

PMID30760529
PMCPMC6440764
OpenAlexW2913225937

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