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ReviewLife (Basel, Switzerland)2021

Analytical Performance of COVID-19 Detection Methods (RT-PCR): Scientific and Societal Concerns.

Roberto Verna, Walter Alallon, Masami Murakami, Catherine P M Hayward, Abdel Halim Harrath, Saleh H Alwasel, Nairo M Sumita, Ozkan Alatas, Valeria Fedeli, Praveen Sharma and 5 more

Open access · goldAbstract readReview
In one paragraph

Review in Life (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
7citing papers in PubMed
1.8field-weighted citation impact, top 12% 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

7 citing papers in PubMed, 30 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors at 9 institutions in 8 countries.

Roberto VernaIn Unam Sapientiam, 00185 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-1869-3912
Walter AlallonDepartment of Clinical Laboratory, Hospital de Clínicas, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de la República, Montevideo 11000, Uruguay.
Masami MurakamiDepartment of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, 3-39-15 Showa-Machi, Maebashi 371-8511, Japan.
Catherine P M HaywardHealth Science Center, Departments of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, and Medicine, Room 2N29A, McMaster University, 1200 Main Street West, Hamilton, ON L8N 3Z5, Canada.
Abdel Halim HarrathDepartment of Zoology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-2170-1303
Saleh H AlwaselDepartment of Zoology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.
Nairo M SumitaGrupo Fleury, Central Laboratory Division, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo 05508, Brazil.
Ozkan AlatasDepartment of Medical Biochemistry, Eskisehir Osmangazi University Medical School, Eskisehir 33400, Turkey.
Valeria FedeliDepartment of Experimental Medicine, Sapienza University, 00160 Rome, Italy.
Praveen SharmaDepartment of Biochemistry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur 342005, India.
Andrea FusoDepartment of Experimental Medicine, Sapienza University, 00160 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-9467-5671
Daniela Maria CapuanoWASPaLM, CT Corporation, P.O. Box 4349, Carol Stream, IL 60197-4349, USA.
Maria CapalboAzienda Ospedaliera Ospedali Riuniti Marche Nord (DG), 61121 Pesaro, Italy.
Antonio AngeloniDepartment of Experimental Medicine, Sapienza University, 00160 Rome, Italy.
Mariano BizzarriDepartment of Experimental Medicine, Sapienza University, 00160 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-0408-4136
Sapienza University of Rome · ITKing Saud University · SAAll India Institute of Medical Sciences Jodhpur · INEskişehir Osmangazi University · TRGunma University · JPHospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo · BRMcMaster University · CAOspedali Riuniti Marche Nord · ITUniversidad de la República de Uruguay · UY

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

clinical pathologyCOVID-19false negativefalse positivepandemicRT-PCRSARS-CoV-2

Identifiers

PMID34357032
PMCPMC8305061
OpenAlexW3181060361

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Registered trials

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