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ReviewCurrent medical research and opinion2021

Ravaging SARS-CoV-2: rudimentary diagnosis and puzzling immunological responses.

Tapan Kumar Mukherjee, Parth Malik, Radhashree Maitra, John R Hoidal

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Review in Current medical research and opinion, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 32% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Tapan Kumar MukherjeeDivision of Respiratory, Critical Care and Occupational Pulmonary Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
Parth MalikSchool of Chemical Sciences, Central University of Gujarat, Gandhinagar, India.
Radhashree MaitraDepartment of Biology, Yeshiva University, New York City, NY, USA.
John R HoidalDivision of Respiratory, Critical Care and Occupational Pulmonary Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
Albert Einstein College of Medicine · USCentral University of Gujarat · INUniversity of Utah · USUniversity of Utah Health Care · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionIn December 2019, the first COVID-19 case, caused by Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) was reported in Wuhan, China. The SARS-CoV-2 rapidly disseminated throughout the world OBSERVATIONS: Rapid SARS-CoV-2 diagnosis was soon perceived critical for arresting community spread and effective therapy development. Human SARS-CoV-2 infection can be diagnosed either by nucleic acid identification or specific antibody detection. Contrary to nucleic acid identification confirmed active SARS-CoV-2 infection; antibody detection confirms a past infection, even in asymptomatic subjects. SARS-CoV-2 specific antibodies augment the ability to effectively counter the virus. A crucial hurdle limiting the steadfast implementation of antibody detection is the time required for threshold B lymphocyte population generation. This process is dependent on precise antigen recognition and MHC class I molecules presentation.

conclusionsThus, nucleic acid and antibody dependent tests complement each other in identifying human SARS-CoV-2 infection and shaping up subsequent immunological responses. This article discusses the complimentary association of nucleic acid identification (corresponding to an active infection) and antibody testing (the yester CoV-2 infection vulnerability) as the diagnostic and screening measures of SARS-CoV-2 infection. Highlights Nucleic acid (RNA) identification and specific antibody detection against SARS-CoV-2 are the noted diagnostic mechanisms for screening human SARS-CoV-2 infection. While nucleic acid identification screens prevailing SARS-CoV-2 infection, detection of SARS-CoV-2 specific antibodies signifies a past infection, even in asymptomatic subjects. Antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 provide a potential therapeutic option

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COVID-19COVID-19 Nucleic Acid TestingCOVID-19 Serological TestingCOVID-19 TestingDiagnostic Test ApprovalEnzyme-Linked Immunosorbent AssayHumansLuminescent MeasurementsMass ScreeningNeutralization TestsPandemicsRNA, ViralSARS-CoV-2RNA, Viralchemiluminescent immunoassayEnzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assayneutralization assaySevere acute respiratory syndrome Coronavirus 2: real-time reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction: antibodyspecific high sensitivity enzymatic reporter unlocking technique: Rapid Diagnostic Test

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PMID33306409
PMCPMC7784827
OpenAlexW3113197075

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