A realistic transfer method reveals low risk of SARS-CoV-2 transmission via contaminated euro coins and banknotes

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  1. SciScore for 10.1101/2021.04.02.438182: (What is this?)

    Please note, not all rigor criteria are appropriate for all manuscripts.

    Table 1: Rigor

    Institutional Review Board Statementnot detected.
    Randomizationnot detected.
    Blindingnot detected.
    Power Analysisnot detected.
    Sex as a biological variablenot detected.
    Cell Line Authenticationnot detected.

    Table 2: Resources

    Experimental Models: Cell Lines
    SentencesResources
    Preparation of test virus suspension: For preparation of SARS-CoV-2 test virus suspension, Vero E6 cells were seeded in a 75 cm2 flasks at 2×106 cells in Dulbecco’s Modified Eagle’s Medium (DMEM, supplemented with 10 % (v/v) fetal calf serum (FCS), 1 % non-essential amino acids, 100 IU/mL penicillin, 100 µg/mL streptomycin and 2 mM L-Glutamine).
    Vero E6
    suggested: None
    For preparation of BCoV virus suspension, U373 cells were cultivated in a 75 cm2 flask with in Minimum Essential Medium Eagle (EMEM) supplemented with L-glutamine, non-essential amino acids and sodium pyruvate and 10 % FCS.
    U373
    suggested: None
    Software and Algorithms
    SentencesResources
    Fitting of virus titer decay: To model the decay in virus titer, we implemented a Weibull distribution fit in GraphPad Prism version 9.0.2 for Windows (GraphPad Software, San Diego, California USA, www.graphpad.com) Calculation of the reduction factor: The loss in virus titer by desiccation was calculated by subtracting the titer on the different carriers after desiccation from the titer of the initial virus control.
    GraphPad Prism
    suggested: (GraphPad Prism, RRID:SCR_002798)
    GraphPad
    suggested: (GraphPad Prism, RRID:SCR_002798)

    Results from OddPub: We did not detect open data. We also did not detect open code. Researchers are encouraged to share open data when possible (see Nature blog).


    Results from LimitationRecognizer: An explicit section about the limitations of the techniques employed in this study was not found. We encourage authors to address study limitations.

    Results from TrialIdentifier: No clinical trial numbers were referenced.


    Results from Barzooka: We did not find any issues relating to the usage of bar graphs.


    Results from JetFighter: We did not find any issues relating to colormaps.


    Results from rtransparent:
    • Thank you for including a conflict of interest statement. Authors are encouraged to include this statement when submitting to a journal.
    • Thank you for including a funding statement. Authors are encouraged to include this statement when submitting to a journal.
    • No protocol registration statement was detected.

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