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ReviewCurrent issues in molecular biology2021

Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) in COVID-19: A Tool for SARS-CoV-2 Diagnosis, Monitoring New Strains and Phylodynamic Modeling in Molecular Epidemiology.

Goldin John, Nikhil Shri Sahajpal, Ashis K Mondal, Sudha Ananth, Colin Williams, Alka Chaubey, Amyn M Rojiani, Ravindra Kolhe

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In one paragraph

Review in Current issues in molecular biology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 60 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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60citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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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

60 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 129 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

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Goldin JohnDepartment of Pathology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, BAE 2576, 1120 15th Street, Augusta, GA 30912, USA.
Nikhil Shri SahajpalDepartment of Pathology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, BAE 2576, 1120 15th Street, Augusta, GA 30912, USA.
Ashis K MondalDepartment of Pathology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, BAE 2576, 1120 15th Street, Augusta, GA 30912, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3826-9489
Sudha AnanthDepartment of Pathology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, BAE 2576, 1120 15th Street, Augusta, GA 30912, USA.
Colin WilliamsDepartment of Pathology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, BAE 2576, 1120 15th Street, Augusta, GA 30912, USA.
Alka ChaubeyDepartment of Pathology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, BAE 2576, 1120 15th Street, Augusta, GA 30912, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0914-9237
Amyn M RojianiDepartment of Pathology, Penn State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA 16802, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5621-3724
Ravindra KolheDepartment of Pathology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, BAE 2576, 1120 15th Street, Augusta, GA 30912, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8283-2403
Augusta University · USPennsylvania State University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This review discusses the current testing methodologies for COVID-19 diagnosis and explores next-generation sequencing (NGS) technology for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 and monitoring phylogenetic evolution in the current COVID-19 pandemic. The review addresses the development, fundamentals, assay quality control and bioinformatics processing of the NGS data. This article provides a comprehensive review of the obstacles and opportunities facing the application of NGS technologies for the diagnosis, surveillance, and study of SARS-CoV-2 and other infectious diseases. Further, we have contemplated the opportunities and challenges inherent in the adoption of NGS technology as a diagnostic test with real-world examples of its utility in the fight against COVID-19.

Indexed as

Computational BiologyCOVID-19High-Throughput Nucleotide SequencingHumansMolecular EpidemiologyPandemicsPhylogenySARS-CoV-2challengesCOVID-19diagnostic assaynext-generation sequencing

Identifiers

PMID34449545
PMCPMC8929009
OpenAlexW3188360386

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