Digital PCR to quantify ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 copies in blood and tissues

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    Table 1: Rigor

    EthicsConsent: Donors provided written informed consent (Ethical approval: PV4780).
    Euthanasia Agents: After 30 min mice were sacrificed by cervical dislocation and tissue samples were collected as described.
    Sex as a biological variableMouse model: C57Bl/6 mice of both sexes were anesthetized by intraperitoneal injection of ketamine (120 μg/g BW) and xylazine (16 μg/g BW in saline, 10 μl/g BW) and 50 μl ChAdOx1 nCov-19 vaccine were intradermally injected into the dorsal region.
    Randomizationnot detected.
    Blindingnot detected.
    Power Analysisnot detected.

    Table 2: Resources

    Experimental Models: Organisms/Strains
    SentencesResources
    Mouse model: C57Bl/6 mice of both sexes were anesthetized by intraperitoneal injection of ketamine (120 μg/g BW) and xylazine (16 μg/g BW in saline, 10 μl/g BW) and 50 μl ChAdOx1 nCov-19 vaccine were intradermally injected into the dorsal region.
    C57Bl/6
    suggested: None
    Software and Algorithms
    SentencesResources
    Design of primers and probe for digital PCR: PCR primers and probes were designed with Primer Express version 3.0.1 (Thermo Fisher).
    Primer Express
    suggested: (Primer Express, RRID:SCR_014326)

    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.
    • No funding statement was detected.
    • No protocol registration statement was detected.

    Results from scite Reference Check: We found no unreliable references.


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