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ArticleViruses2022

Photodynamic Inactivation of Human Coronaviruses.

Brett A Duguay, Adrian Herod, Eric S Pringle, Susan M A Monro, Marc Hetu, Colin G Cameron, Sherri A McFarland, Craig McCormick

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Article in Viruses, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
15citing papers in PubMed
3.3field-weighted citation impact, top 7% 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

15 citing papers in PubMed, 24 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Targeted photodynamic neutralization of SARS-CoV-2 mediated by singlet oxygen.Photochemical & photobiological sciences : Official journal of the European Photochemistry Association and the European Society for Photobiology · 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

8 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Brett A DuguayDepartment of Microbiology & Immunology, Dalhousie University, 5850 College Street, Halifax, NS B3H 4R2, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-2036-9556
Adrian HerodDepartment of Microbiology & Immunology, Dalhousie University, 5850 College Street, Halifax, NS B3H 4R2, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-4288-9499
Eric S PringleDepartment of Microbiology & Immunology, Dalhousie University, 5850 College Street, Halifax, NS B3H 4R2, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-3667-4595
Susan M A MonroPhotodynamic, Inc., 1344 Summer Street, Halifax, NS B3H 0A8, Canada.
Marc HetuPhotodynamic, Inc., 1344 Summer Street, Halifax, NS B3H 0A8, Canada.
Colin G CameronPhotodynamic, Inc., 1344 Summer Street, Halifax, NS B3H 0A8, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-0978-0894
Sherri A McFarlandPhotodynamic, Inc., 1344 Summer Street, Halifax, NS B3H 0A8, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-8028-5055
Craig McCormickDepartment of Microbiology & Immunology, Dalhousie University, 5850 College Street, Halifax, NS B3H 4R2, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-2794-3722
Dalhousie University · CAThe University of Texas at Arlington · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Photodynamic inactivation (PDI) employs a photosensitizer, light, and oxygen to create a local burst of reactive oxygen species (ROS) that can inactivate microorganisms. The botanical extract PhytoQuin

Indexed as

AnimalsAntiviral AgentsCell LineCell SurvivalCoronavirusCricetinaeEmodinHumansLightPhotosensitizing AgentsPlant ExtractsSARS-CoV-2Spike Glycoprotein, CoronavirusVirionVirus InactivationAntiviral AgentsEmodinPhotosensitizing AgentsPlant ExtractsSpike Glycoprotein, Coronavirusspike protein, SARS-CoV-2antiviralcoronavirusemodinHCoV-229EHCoV-OC43lentivirusnatural productphotodynamic inactivationphotosensitizerPhytoQuinROSSARS-CoV-2spike

Identifiers

PMID35062314
PMCPMC8779093
OpenAlexW4205588375

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Registered trials

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