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ArticlePloS one2021

Ultra-rapid detection of SARS-CoV-2 in public workspace environments.

Ozlem Yaren, Jacquelyn McCarter, Nikhil Phadke, Kevin M Bradley, Benjamin Overton, Zunyi Yang, Shatakshi Ranade, Kunal Patil, Rishikesh Bangale, Steven A Benner

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Article in PloS one, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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14citing papers in PubMed
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Ozlem YarenFoundation for Applied Molecular Evolution, Alachua, Florida, United States of America.
Jacquelyn McCarterFoundation for Applied Molecular Evolution, Alachua, Florida, United States of America.
Nikhil PhadkeGenePath Diagnostics Inc., Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America.
Kevin M BradleyFoundation for Applied Molecular Evolution, Alachua, Florida, United States of America.
Benjamin OvertonFoundation for Applied Molecular Evolution, Alachua, Florida, United States of America.
Zunyi YangFoundation for Applied Molecular Evolution, Alachua, Florida, United States of America.
Shatakshi RanadeGenePath Diagnostics India Pvt. Ltd., Pune, Maharashtra, India.
Kunal PatilGenePath Diagnostics India Pvt. Ltd., Pune, Maharashtra, India.
Rishikesh BangaleGenePath Diagnostics India Pvt. Ltd., Pune, Maharashtra, India.
Steven A BennerFoundation for Applied Molecular Evolution, Alachua, Florida, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0002-3318-9917
Foundation for Applied Molecular Evolution · USGenePath Dx (India) · INFirebird Biomolecular Sciences (United States) · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Managing the pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2 requires new capabilities in testing, including the possibility of identifying, in minutes, infected individuals as they enter spaces where they must congregate in a functioning society, including workspaces, schools, points of entry, and commercial business establishments. Here, the only useful tests (a) require no sample transport, (b) require minimal sample manipulation, (c) can be performed by unlicensed individuals, (d) return results on the spot in much less than one hour, and (e) cost no more than a few dollars. The sensitivity need not be as high as normally required by the FDA for screening asymptomatic carriers (as few as 10 virions per sample), as these viral loads are almost certainly not high enough for an individual to present a risk for forward infection. This allows tests specifically useful for this pandemic to trade-off unneeded sensitivity for necessary speed, simplicity, and frugality. In some studies, it was shown that viral load that creates forward-infection risk may exceed 105 virions per milliliter, easily within the sensitivity of an RNA amplification architecture, but unattainable by antibody-based architectures that simply target viral antigens. Here, we describe such a test based on a displaceable probe loop amplification architecture.

Indexed as

AdultAntigens, ViralCarrier StateCOVID-19COVID-19 TestingFemaleHumansMaleNucleic Acid Amplification TechniquesPandemicsRNA, ViralSARS-CoV-2Sensitivity and SpecificityViral LoadAntigens, ViralRNA, Viral

Identifiers

PMID33626039
PMCPMC7904170
OpenAlexW3131984220

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