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ArticleJournal of medical microbiology2021

Archived dengue serum samples produced false-positive results in SARS-CoV-2 lateral flow-based rapid antibody tests.

Himadri Nath, Abinash Mallick, Subrata Roy, Soumi Sukla, Keya Basu, Abhishek De, Subhajit Biswas

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Article in Journal of medical microbiology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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19citing papers in PubMed
7.7field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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

19 citing papers in PubMed, 42 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

7 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Himadri NathInfectious Diseases and Immunology Division, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology (CSIR-IICB), 4, Raja S.C. Mullick Road, Kolkata-700032, West Bengal, India.
Abinash MallickInfectious Diseases and Immunology Division, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology (CSIR-IICB), 4, Raja S.C. Mullick Road, Kolkata-700032, West Bengal, India.
Subrata RoyInfectious Diseases and Immunology Division, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology (CSIR-IICB), 4, Raja S.C. Mullick Road, Kolkata-700032, West Bengal, India.
Soumi SuklaNational Institute of Pharmaceuticals Education and Research, 168, Maniktala Main Road, Kolkata-700054, West Bengal, India.
Keya BasuDepartment of Pathology, Institute of Post-Graduate Medical Education and Research (IPGMER) and Seth Sukhlal Karnani Memorial (SSKM) Hospital, 244, Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Road, Kolkata-700020, West Bengal, India.
Abhishek DeDepartment of Dermatology, Calcutta National Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata-700014, West Bengal, India.
Subhajit BiswasInfectious Diseases and Immunology Division, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology (CSIR-IICB), 4, Raja S.C. Mullick Road, Kolkata-700032, West Bengal, India.
Indian Institute of Chemical Biology · INCalcutta National Medical College and Hospital · INInstitute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research · INNational Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research · IN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Co-endemicity of SARS-CoV-2 and dengue virus (DV) infection is becoming a matter of serious concern as it has been already reported that antibodies (Ab) elicited by SARS-CoV-2 infection can produce false-positive results in dengue IgG and IgM rapid tests and

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Cross ReactionsAdultAntibodies, ViralCOVID-19COVID-19 Serological TestingDengueFalse Positive ReactionsFemaleHumansImmunoglobulin GImmunoglobulin MIndiaMaleYoung AdultAntibodies, ViralImmunoglobulin GImmunoglobulin Mantibody testCOVID-19cross-reactivedengue virusfalse-positiveSARS-CoV-2strip test

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PMID34110279
PMCPMC8459096
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