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ReviewViruses2023

The Role of NS1 Protein in the Diagnosis of Flavivirus Infections.

Ron Fisher, Yaniv Lustig, Ella H Sklan, Eli Schwartz

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Review in Viruses, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 34 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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34citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
16.2field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

34 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 56 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

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Ron FisherDepartment of Otolaryngology/Head & Neck Surgery, Hadassah Hebrew; University Medical Center, Jerusalem 91120, Israel.ORCID 0000-0002-7677-442X
Yaniv LustigCentral Virology Laboratory, Ministry of Health, Sheba Medical Center, Ramat-Gan 52621, Israel.
Ella H SklanSackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel.ORCID 0000-0002-2148-4783
Eli SchwartzSackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel.
Tel Aviv University · ILHadassah Medical Center · IL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Nonstructural protein 1 (NS1) is a glycoprotein among the flavivirus genus. It is found in both membrane-associated and soluble secreted forms, has an essential role in viral replication, and modulates the host immune response. NS1 is secreted from infected cells within hours after viral infection, and thus immunodetection of NS1 can be used for early serum diagnosis of dengue fever infections instead of real-time (RT)-PCR. This method is fast, simple, and affordable, and its availability could provide an easy point-of-care testing solution for developing countries. Early studies show that detecting NS1 in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) samples is possible and can improve the surveillance of patients with dengue-associated neurological diseases. NS1 can be detected postmortem in tissue specimens. It can also be identified using noninvasive methods in urine, saliva, and dried blood spots, extending the availability and effective detection period. Recently, an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) assay for detecting antibodies directed against Zika virus NS1 has been developed and used for diagnosing Zika infection. This NS1-based assay was significantly more specific than envelope protein-based assays, suggesting that similar assays might be more specific for other flaviviruses as well. This review summarizes the knowledge on flaviviruses' NS1's potential role in antigen and antibody diagnosis.

Indexed as

Flavivirus InfectionsZika VirusZika Virus InfectionAntibodiesAutopsyBiological AssayHumansViral Nonstructural ProteinsAntibodiesNS1 protein, FlavivirusViral Nonstructural Proteinsdengue virusNS1 antibodiesNS1 antigenWest Nile virusZika virus

Identifiers

PMID36851784
PMCPMC9963814
OpenAlexW4321373643

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