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ReviewViruses2025

Review of Methods for Studying Viruses in the Environment and Organisms.

Xinyue Wang, Tong Ma, Zhiyuan Chen, Yang Liu, Kexin Wang, Guangxiu Liu, Kesheng Li, Tuo Chen, Gaosen Zhang, Wei Zhang and 1 more

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Review in Viruses, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
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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

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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

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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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

11 authors.

Xinyue WangKey Laboratory of Ecological Safety and Sustainable Development in Arid Lands, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China.
Tong MaKey Laboratory of Extreme Environmental Microbial Resources and Engineering, Lanzhou 730000, China.
Zhiyuan ChenKey Laboratory of Ecological Safety and Sustainable Development in Arid Lands, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China.
Yang LiuKey Laboratory of Extreme Environmental Microbial Resources and Engineering, Lanzhou 730000, China.ORCID 0000-0002-8070-2154
Kexin WangKey Laboratory of Extreme Environmental Microbial Resources and Engineering, Lanzhou 730000, China.
Guangxiu LiuKey Laboratory of Ecological Safety and Sustainable Development in Arid Lands, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China.
Kesheng LiLanzhou Yahua Biotechnology Company, Lanzhou 730050, China.
Tuo ChenKey Laboratory of Extreme Environmental Microbial Resources and Engineering, Lanzhou 730000, China.
Gaosen ZhangKey Laboratory of Ecological Safety and Sustainable Development in Arid Lands, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China.ORCID 0000-0002-1144-6919
Wei ZhangKey Laboratory of Ecological Safety and Sustainable Development in Arid Lands, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China.
Binglin ZhangKey Laboratory of Extreme Environmental Microbial Resources and Engineering, Lanzhou 730000, China.

Funding

Key Laboratory of Cryospheric Science and Frozen Soil Engineering, CAS No. CSFSE-ZQ-2401Key Project of Science and Technology of Gansu 23ZDFA010
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recent decades have seen growing attention on viruses in the environment and their potential impacts as a result of global epidemics. Due to the diversity of viral species along with the complexity of environmental and host factors, virus extraction and detection methods have become key for the study of virus ecology. This review systematically summarises the methods for extracting and detecting pathogens from different environmental samples (e.g., soil, water, faeces, air) and biological samples (e.g., plants, animals) in existing studies, comparing their similarities and differences, applicability, as well as the advantages and disadvantages of each method. Additionally, this review discusses future directions for research in this field. The aim is to provide a theoretical foundation and technical reference for virus ecology research, facilitating further exploration and applications in this field.

Indexed as

Environmental MicrobiologyVirologyVirusesAnimalsFecesPlantsenvironmental samplesorganism samplesresearch methodsvirus communities

Identifiers

PMID39861875
PMCPMC11769461

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