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ArticleNature communications2024

A versatile automated pipeline for quantifying virus infectivity by label-free light microscopy and artificial intelligence.

Anthony Petkidis, Vardan Andriasyan, Luca Murer, Romain Volle, Urs F Greber

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Article in Nature communications, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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7 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Anthony Petkidis *Department of Molecular Life Sciences, University of Zürich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, 8057, Zürich, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4135-9576
Vardan Andriasyan *Department of Molecular Life Sciences, University of Zürich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, 8057, Zürich, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9619-6655
Luca MurerDepartment of Molecular Life Sciences, University of Zürich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, 8057, Zürich, Switzerland.
Romain VolleDepartment of Molecular Life Sciences, University of Zürich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, 8057, Zürich, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4442-4652
Urs F GreberDepartment of Molecular Life Sciences, University of Zürich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, 8057, Zürich, Switzerland. urs.greber@mls.uzh.ch.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2278-120X

Funding

Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung (Swiss National Science Foundation) 31CA30_196177 / 1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Virus infectivity is traditionally determined by endpoint titration in cell cultures, and requires complex processing steps and human annotation. Here we developed an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered automated framework for ready detection of virus-induced cytopathic effect (DVICE). DVICE uses the convolutional neural network EfficientNet-B0 and transmitted light microscopy images of infected cell cultures, including coronavirus, influenza virus, rhinovirus, herpes simplex virus, vaccinia virus, and adenovirus. DVICE robustly measures virus-induced cytopathic effects (CPE), as shown by class activation mapping. Leave-one-out cross-validation in different cell types demonstrates high accuracy for different viruses, including SARS-CoV-2 in human saliva. Strikingly, DVICE exhibits virus class specificity, as shown with adenovirus, herpesvirus, rhinovirus, vaccinia virus, and SARS-CoV-2. In sum, DVICE provides unbiased infectivity scores of infectious agents causing CPE, and can be adapted to laboratory diagnostics, drug screening, serum neutralization or clinical samples.

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Artificial IntelligenceCytopathogenic Effect, ViralMicroscopySARS-CoV-2AnimalsCell LineChlorocebus aethiopsCOVID-19HumansNeural Networks, ComputerRhinovirusSalivaVaccinia virusVero Cells

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PMID38879641
PMCPMC11180103

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