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ArticleViruses2024

Active Surveillance of Powassan Virus in Massachusetts

Guang Xu, Eric Siegel, Nolan Fernandez, Emily Bechtold, Timothy Daly, Alan P Dupuis, Alexander Ciota, Stephen M Rich

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Article in Viruses, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 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

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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

4 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Guang XuDepartment of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5240-9276
Eric SiegelDepartment of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8226-811X
Nolan FernandezDepartment of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, USA.
Emily BechtoldDepartment of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, USA.
Timothy DalyDepartment of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, USA.
Alan P DupuisNew York State Department of Health, Wadsworth Center, Slingerlands, NY 12159, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0703-9250
Alexander CiotaNew York State Department of Health, Wadsworth Center, Slingerlands, NY 12159, USA.
Stephen M RichDepartment of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7175-6380

Funding

ACL HHS U01CK000661NCEZID CDC HHS U01 CK000661
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Powassan virus is an emerging tick-borne pathogen capable of causing severe neuroinvasive disease. As the incidence of human Powassan virus grows both in magnitude and geographical range, the development of sensitive detection methods for diagnostics and surveillance is critical. In this study, a Taqman-based triplex real-time PCR assay was developed for the simultaneous and quantitative detection of Powassan virus and Powassan virus lineage II (deer tick virus) in

Indexed as

Encephalitis Viruses, Tick-BorneIxodesAnimalsHumansReal-Time Polymerase Chain ReactionRNAWatchful WaitingRNAIxodes scapularisLuminexMassachusettsPowassan virusreal-time PCR

Identifiers

PMID38400026
PMCPMC10892230

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