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ArticleMicroorganisms2021

Reliable and Sensitive Nested PCR for the Detection of

Martina Smolejová, Iveta Cihová, Pavol Sulo

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Article in Microorganisms, 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
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 36% 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

3 citing papers in PubMed, 5 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

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Martina SmolejováDepartment of Biochemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University, Ilkovičova 6, 842 15 Bratislava, Slovakia.ORCID 0000-0001-5877-4904
Iveta CihováDepartment of Track and Field, Faculty of Physical Education and Sport, Comenius University, Nábr. arm. gen. L. Svobodu 9, 814 69 Bratislava, Slovakia.
Pavol SuloDepartment of Biochemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University, Ilkovičova 6, 842 15 Bratislava, Slovakia.ORCID 0000-0003-1845-9031
Comenius University Bratislava · SK

Funding

Vedecká Grantová Agentúra MŠVVaŠ SR a SAV 1/0013/20Vedecká Grantová Agentúra MŠVVaŠ SR a SAV 1/0048/16
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chlamydia are Gram-negative, intracellular pathogens colonizing epithelial mucosa. They cause primarily atypical pneumonia and have recently been associated with chronic diseases. Diagnostics relies almost exclusively on serological methods; PCR tests are used rarely because in patients with positive ELISA, it is nearly impossible to identify chlamydial DNA. This paradox is associated with DNA degradation in sputum samples, low abundance, and low sensitivity of PCR systems. In a newly designed and validated "nested" PCR (NPCR) assay, it was possible to amplify DNA of Chlamydia known to infect humans in 31% samples. The reliability of the assay was confirmed by DNA sequencing, and all PCR products belonged exclusively to the Chlamydiales, mainly recognized as

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Chlamydiadetection limitdiagnosticsDNA sequencenested PCRzoonosis

Identifiers

PMID33925646
PMCPMC8145989
OpenAlexW3158282519

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