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SynthesisJournal of medical virology2022

Accuracy of reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction and loop-mediated isothermal amplification in diagnosing severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Wen Tian, Xingxiang Ren, Xu Gao, Yuanyuan Zhang, Zhihai Chen, Wei Zhang

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Synthesis in Journal of medical virology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 36% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Wen TianCenter of Infectious Diseases, Beijing Ditan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.ORCID 0000-0002-2429-6040
Xingxiang RenCenter of Infectious Diseases, Beijing Ditan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.ORCID 0000-0002-5140-1256
Xu GaoCenter of Infectious Diseases, Beijing Ditan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
Yuanyuan ZhangBeijing Key Laboratory of Emerging Infectious Disease, Beijing Ditan Hospital, Captital Medical University, Beijing, China.
Zhihai ChenCenter of Infectious Diseases, Beijing Ditan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.ORCID 0000-0001-6481-4781
Wei ZhangCenter of Infectious Diseases, Beijing Ditan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
Capital Medical University · CNBeijing Ditan Hospital · CN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Nucleic acid molecular diagnostic technology plays an important role in the detection of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS). However, no relevant reports have been published on the accuracy of reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and reverse-transcription loop-mediated isothermal amplification (RT-LAMP) in the diagnosis of SFTS. Thus, we conducted a meta-analysis and systematic review to evaluate the accuracy of the two methods. On June 19, 2022, we comprehensively searched the PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Library, Web of Science, Scoups, Ovid, Proquest, China National Knowledge Infrastructure Database, Wan Fang Data, Traditional Chinese Medicine Database (Sinomed), VIP Database, and Reading Showing Database for articles on nucleic acid diagnostic techniques, such as RT-PCR and RT-LAMP, used to diagnose SFTS. Statistical analysis was performed using STATA 14.0 and Meta-Disc 1.4. Sixteen articles involving 2942 clinical blood samples were included in the analysis. RT-PCR and RT-LAMP were used as index tests, whereas RT-PCR or other detection methods were used as reference standards. The pooled values for the sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative likelihood ratios of the RT-PCR test were 0.97 (95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.92-0.99), 1.00 (95% CI: 0.98-1.00), 483.87 (95% CI: 58.04-4033.76), and 0.03 (95% CI:0.01-0.08), respectively. Those for the RT-LAMP test were 0.95 (95% CI: 0.91-0.97), 0.99 (95% CI: 0.93-1.00), 111.18 (95% CI: 13.96-885.27), and 0.05 (95% CI: 0.03-0.09), respectively. Both RT-PCR and RT-LAMP have high diagnostic value in SFTS and can be applied in different scenarios for laboratory confirmation or on-site screening.

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Nucleic AcidsSevere Fever with Thrombocytopenia SyndromeHumansMolecular Diagnostic TechniquesNucleic Acid Amplification TechniquesReverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain ReactionSensitivity and SpecificityNucleic Acidsdiagnosemeta-analysisRT-LAMPRT-PCRsever fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome

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PMID35968756
PMCPMC9804528
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