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ReviewJournal of clinical laboratory analysis2022

The utility of SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid protein in laboratory diagnosis.

Xinwei Li, Mengyuan Xiong, Qiaoling Deng, Xiaobing Guo, Yirong Li

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Review in Journal of clinical laboratory analysis, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9citing papers in PubMed
2.1field-weighted citation impact, top 11% of its field
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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 21 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Xinwei LiClass 11, Grade 2018, Medical School of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8925-2789
Mengyuan XiongDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Zhongnan Hospital, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.
Qiaoling DengDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Zhongnan Hospital, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.
Xiaobing GuoDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China.
Yirong LiDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Zhongnan Hospital, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5619-1614
Wuhan University · CNFirst Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University · CNZhengzhou University · CN

Funding

National Key Research and Development Program of China 2018YFE0204500
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) is caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), which has now become a global pandemic owing to its high transmissibility. The SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid protein tests are playing an important role in screening and diagnosing patients with COVID-19, and studies about the utility of SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid protein tests are increasing now.

methodsIn this review, all the relevant original studies were assessed by searching in electronic databases including Scopus, Pubmed, Embase, and Web of Science. "SARS-CoV-2", "COVID-19", "nucleocapsid protein", and "antigen detection" were used as keywords.

resultsIn this review, we summarized the utility of SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid protein in laboratory diagnosis. Among the representative researches, this review analyzed, the sensitivity of SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid protein detection varies from 13% to 87.9%, while the specificity could almost reach 100% in most studies. As a matter of fact, the sensitivity is around 50% and could be higher or lower due to the influential factors.

conclusionIt is well suggested that SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid protein is a convenient method with a short turnaround time of about half an hour, and the presence of N antigen is positively related to viral transmissibility, indicating that SARS-CoV-2 N protein immunoassays contribute to finding out those infected people rapidly and segregating them from the uninfected people.

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COVID-19SARS-CoV-2Antibodies, ViralClinical Laboratory TechniquesCOVID-19 TestingHumansNucleocapsidSensitivity and SpecificityAntibodies, Viralantigen detectionCOVID-19laboratory diagnosisnucleocapsid proteinSARS-CoV-2

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PMID35657146
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