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ReviewIndian journal of clinical biochemistry : IJCB2020

COVID-19: Current Trends in Invitro Diagnostics.

R Arun Krishnan, Rhema Elizabeth Thomas, Ajaikumar Sukumaran, Jofy K Paul, D M Vasudevan

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In one paragraph

Review in Indian journal of clinical biochemistry : IJCB, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
11citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 19% 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

11 citing papers in PubMed, 24 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. SARS-CoV-2 origin, myths and diagnostic technology developments.The Egyptian journal of medical human genetics · 2022
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  9. A Shift in Medical Education During the COVID-19 Pandemic.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2021
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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

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

R Arun KrishnanR&D Reagent Department, Agappe Diagnostics Limited, Cochin, Kerala India.ORCID 0000-0001-7482-1408
Rhema Elizabeth ThomasR&D Reagent Department, Agappe Diagnostics Limited, Cochin, Kerala India.
Ajaikumar SukumaranR&D Reagent Department, Agappe Diagnostics Limited, Cochin, Kerala India.
Jofy K PaulR&D Reagent Department, Agappe Diagnostics Limited, Cochin, Kerala India.
D M VasudevanR&D Reagent Department, Agappe Diagnostics Limited, Cochin, Kerala India.
Cochin University of Science and Technology · IN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 is the seventh known species of coronavirus, infectious to human beings. The pandemic COVID-19 spread all over the world with an unprecedented spreading rate after its first appearance in Wuhan, China. As a novel viral disease there in no antiviral treatment or vaccine for the COVID-19. At present, the early detection and the quarantine of infected patients are the ways to stop the spreading of the disease. This review will discuss about the current invitro diagnostic methods used worldwide for the early and accurate diagnosis of COVID-19. Currently the nucleic acid based polymerase chain reaction is used as the reliable diagnostic platform and antigen/antibody detection immunoassays are playing the role of screening tests for early detection and prognosis in COVID-19 treatment.

Indexed as

CLIAELISALateral flow immunoassayLoop mediated isothermal amplificationReverse transcriptase PCRSARS-CoV-2

Identifiers

PMID32641875
PMCPMC7320251
OpenAlexW3038081944

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Registered trials

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