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ReviewInfectious disease clinics of North America2022

Laboratory Diagnosis for SARS-CoV-2 Infection.

Bianca B Christensen, Marwan M Azar, Sarah E Turbett

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Review in Infectious disease clinics of North America, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. [Concordance between GeneXpert and Life Real Detection Kit in the diagnosis of acute respiratory infections].Revista espanola de quimioterapia : publicacion oficial de la Sociedad Espanola de Quimioterapia · 2023
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  7. Distinct Molecular Mechanisms Characterizing Pathogenesis of SARS-CoV-2.Journal of microbiology and biotechnology · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Bianca B ChristensenDepartment of Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit Street, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
Marwan M AzarDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Yale School of Medicine, 135 College Street, New Haven, CT 06510, USA.
Sarah E TurbettDepartment of Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit Street, Boston, MA 02114, USA; Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit Street, Boston, MA 02114, USA. Electronic address: turbett.sarah@MGH.harvard.edu.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The optimal diagnostic test for SARS-CoV-2 infection should be selected based on a patient's clinical syndrome and presentation in relation to symptom onset. Molecular testing, most often reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction, offers the highest sensitivity and specificity during acute infection, whereas antigen testing can also be useful for acute diagnosis when rapid turnaround of results is necessary or if molecular testing is unavailable. Serologic testing is often reserved for identifying individuals with prior or late COVID-19 infection.

Indexed as

COVID-19HumansMolecular Diagnostic TechniquesSARS-CoV-2Antigen testingCOVID-19Nucleic acid amplification testingSARS-CoV-2 diagnosticsSerology

Identifiers

PMID35636903
PMCPMC9141924

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