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ArticleOpen life sciences2020

GeneXpert Technology for the diagnosis of HIV-associated tuberculosis: Is scale-up worth it?

Muhammad Saeed, Shahida Hussain, Saba Riaz, Farhan Rasheed, Maqsood Ahmad, Shagufta Iram, Mizna Arif, Tariq Hamid Rahmani, Ambereen Imran Anwar

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Article in Open life sciences, 2020. 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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0.1field-weighted citation impact, top 42% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 7 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

9 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Muhammad SaeedDepartment of Pathology, Medical Lab Technologist-Manager Pathology & Transfusion Medicine, District Head Quarter Hospital Mandi Bahauddin, Lahore, Punjab, 50400, Pakistan.
Shahida HussainDepartment of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics (MMG), Punjab University Lahore, Lahore, Punjab, 54590, Pakistan.
Saba RiazDepartment of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics (MMG), Punjab University Lahore, Lahore, Punjab, 54590, Pakistan.
Farhan RasheedDepartment of Pathology, Microbiology Section, Allama Iqbal Medical College & Jinnah Hospital (AIMC&JHL) Lahore, Lahore, Punjab, 54590, Pakistan.
Maqsood AhmadGovernment College University Faisalabad, Lahore, Punjab, 38000, Pakistan.
Shagufta IramMicrobiology Section, Department of Pathology, Allama Iqbal Medical College, Lahore, Punjab, 54590, Pakistan.
Mizna ArifPostgraduate Medical Institute Lahore, Lahore, Punjab, 54590, Pakistan.
Tariq Hamid RahmaniDepartment of Pathology, Ameer Iqbal Medical College Lahore, Lahore, Punjab, 54590, Pakistan.
Ambereen Imran AnwarDepartment of Pathology, Allama Iqbal Medical College, Lahore, Punjab, 54590, Pakistan.
Allama Iqbal Medical College · PKUniversity of the Punjab · PKGovernment College University, Faisalabad · PKJinnah Postgraduate Medical Center · PKShaikh Zayed Postgraduate Medical Institute · PK

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recent evaluations of the GeneXpert MTB/RIF assay for the simultaneous detection of

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GeneXpertHIV and TB co-infectionmultidrug resistancetuberculosis

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PMID33817234
PMCPMC7874587
OpenAlexW3041323478

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