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ArticleDiagnostics (Basel, Switzerland)2026

Diagnostic Accuracy and Usability of the Pluslife

Anura David, Lesley E Scott, Lyndel Singh, Puleng Marokane, Manuel P da Silva, Danielle Gast, Lara D Noble, Ziyaad Waja, Tumelo Moloantoa, Neil A Martinson and 1 more

Abstract read
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Article in Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing 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

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

1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. Molecular Detection of Feline HemotropicVeterinary sciences · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Anura DavidWits Diagnostics Innovation Hub, Health Sciences Research Office, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg 2193, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0003-1590-198X
Lesley E ScottWits Diagnostics Innovation Hub, Health Sciences Research Office, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg 2193, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0001-6573-9525
Lyndel SinghWits Diagnostics Innovation Hub, Wits Health Consortium (PTY) Ltd., Johannesburg 2193, South Africa.
Puleng MarokaneNational Priority Programmes, National Health Laboratory Services, Johannesburg 2193, South Africa.
Manuel P da SilvaNational Priority Programmes, National Health Laboratory Services, Johannesburg 2193, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-9869-5271
Danielle GastWits Diagnostics Innovation Hub, Wits Health Consortium (PTY) Ltd., Johannesburg 2193, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0001-6068-6110
Lara D NobleWits Diagnostics Innovation Hub, Health Sciences Research Office, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg 2193, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-4661-9023
Ziyaad WajaPerinatal HIV Research Unit (PHRU), University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg 1862, South Africa.
Tumelo MoloantoaPerinatal HIV Research Unit (PHRU), University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg 1862, South Africa.
Neil A MartinsonPerinatal HIV Research Unit (PHRU), University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg 1862, South Africa.
Wendy StevensWits Diagnostics Innovation Hub, Health Sciences Research Office, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg 2193, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-1684-908X

Funding

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation INV-037728Gates Foundation INV-037728
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Mycobacterium tuberculosis complexnear point-of-carePluslife MTBsputum swabstongue swabs

Identifiers

PMID42739190
PMCPMC13564815

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