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ReviewMicroorganisms2023

Current Methods for the Detection of Antibodies of Varicella-Zoster Virus: A Review.

Dequan Pan, Wei Wang, Tong Cheng

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Review in Microorganisms, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
20citing papers in PubMed
4.9field-weighted citation impact, top 4% 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

20 citing papers in PubMed, 23 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Varicella zoster virus and the central nervous system.Nature reviews. Microbiology · 2026
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  6. Proteomics in the Diagnosis of Viral and Pathogenic Infections.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2026
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  7. A fresh look at varicella vaccination.Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2025
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  20. Herpes zoster in diverse immunocompromised populations: A case series.Indian journal of sexually transmitted diseases and AIDS
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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.

Dequan PanState Key Laboratory of Molecular Vaccinology and Molecular Diagnostics, National Institute of Diagnostics and Vaccine Development in Infectious Diseases, School of Life Sciences, School of Public Health, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China.
Wei WangState Key Laboratory of Molecular Vaccinology and Molecular Diagnostics, National Institute of Diagnostics and Vaccine Development in Infectious Diseases, School of Life Sciences, School of Public Health, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China.ORCID 0000-0003-4910-7370
Tong ChengState Key Laboratory of Molecular Vaccinology and Molecular Diagnostics, National Institute of Diagnostics and Vaccine Development in Infectious Diseases, School of Life Sciences, School of Public Health, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China.ORCID 0000-0002-1638-6214
Xiamen University · CN

Funding

The National Natural Science Foundation of China 81871648The National Natural Science Foundation of China 82171833
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Infection with the varicella-zoster virus (VZV) causes chickenpox and shingles, which lead to significant morbidity and mortality globally. The detection of serum VZV-specific antibodies is important for the clinical diagnosis and sero-epidemiological research of VZV infection, and for assessing the effect of VZV vaccine immunization. Over recent decades, a variety of methods for VZV antibody detection have been developed. This review summarizes and compares the current methods for detecting VZV antibodies, and discussed future directions for this field.

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antibody detection methodsELISAFAMAvaricella-zoster virus (VZV)

Identifiers

PMID36838484
PMCPMC9965970
OpenAlexW4321372566

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