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ReviewBiosensors2020

Lyme Disease Biosensors: A Potential Solution to a Diagnostic Dilemma.

Connor Flynn, Anna Ignaszak

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Review in Biosensors, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed
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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

6 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. Review
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  4. Electrochemical Detection ofACS measurement science au · 2023
    Article
  5. Article
  6. Quantitative multiplexed strategies for human Lyme disease serological testing.Experimental biology and medicine (Maywood, N.J.) · 2021
    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

2 authors.

Connor FlynnDepartment of Chemistry, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB E3B 5A3, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-0297-0273
Anna IgnaszakDepartment of Chemistry, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB E3B 5A3, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-9089-2828

Funding

Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada CGS-MNew Brunswick Innovation Foundation Emerging Projects Fund
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Over the past four decades, Lyme disease has remained a virulent and pervasive illness, persisting throughout North America and many other regions of the world. Recent increases in illness in many countries has sparked a renewed interest in improved Lyme diagnostics. While current standards of diagnosis are acceptable for the late stages of the disease, it remains difficult to accurately diagnose early forms of the illness. In addition, current diagnostic methods tend to be relatively expensive and require a large degree of laboratory-based analysis. Biosensors represent the fusion of biological materials with chemical techniques to provide simple, inexpensive alternatives to traditional diagnostic methods. Lyme disease biosensors have the potential to better diagnose early stages of the illness and provide possible patients with an inexpensive, commercially available test. This review examines the current state of Lyme disease biosensing, with a focus on previous biosensor development and essential future considerations.

Indexed as

Biosensing TechniquesHumansLyme Diseasebiosensordiagnosticsinfectious diseaseLyme diseasepoint-of-care

Identifiers

PMID32998254
PMCPMC7601730

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