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ReviewBiosafety and health2022

Laboratory biosafety measures of SARS-CoV-2 at containment level 2 with particular reference to its more infective variants.

Wafa Naeem, Habiba Zeb, Muhammad Ibrahim Rashid

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Review in Biosafety and health, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 27% 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

5 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Biosafety and biosecurity challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2023
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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

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Wafa NaeemDepartment of Molecular Biology & Genetics, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Khyber Medical University, Peshawar 25000, Pakistan.
Habiba ZebDepartment of Molecular Biology & Genetics, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Khyber Medical University, Peshawar 25000, Pakistan.
Muhammad Ibrahim RashidDepartment of Molecular Biology & Genetics, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Khyber Medical University, Peshawar 25000, Pakistan.
Khyber Medical University · PK

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The novel betacoronavirus (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2, SARS-CoV-2) is a pathogen that causes deadly respiratory disease named coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The incidence of this disease has increased in the last few months affecting 257,832,881 people in 221 countries and 51,68,069 deaths worldwide according to Worldometer at 04:03 GMT on November 22, 2021. Thus, the emergence of this disease creates a challenge for health care providers in handling this pathogen and reducing its risk of transmission. In developing countries, this virus is treated in biosafety level 2 laboratories, where a high concentration of pathogen can easily affect the laboratory staff and cause the spread of this disease. Based on the epidemiology and characteristics of the SARS-CoV-2 virus already discussed in recent studies, we will provide biosafety guidelines and suggestions for safe handling and transportation of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in dealing with the current pandemic situation with a focus on increased infectivity of emerging new variants.

Indexed as

Biosafety guidelinesCOVID-19Laboratory acquired infectionsPPESARS-CoV-2

Identifiers

PMID34977531
PMCPMC8713415
OpenAlexW4200339810

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Registered trials

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