The effect of seasonal respiratory virus transmission on syndromic surveillance for COVID-19 in Ontario, Canada

  1. Arjuna S Maharaj
  2. Jennifer Parker
  3. Jessica P Hopkins
  4. Effie Gournis
  5. Isaac I Bogoch
  6. Benjamin Rader
  7. Christina M Astley
  8. Noah Ivers
  9. Jared B Hawkins
  10. Nancy VanStone
  11. Ashleigh R Tuite
  12. David N Fisman
  13. John S Brownstein
  14. Lauren Lapointe-Shaw

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  1. Version published to 10.1016/s1473-3099(21)00151-1
  2. Version published to 10.1101/2020.12.02.20242735v3 on medRxiv
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    Table 1: Rigor

    Institutional Review Board StatementIRB: The study was approved by the Research Ethics Board of the University of Toronto and a waiver of informed consent was granted because the data were collected for public health surveillance purposes.
    Consent: The study was approved by the Research Ethics Board of the University of Toronto and a waiver of informed consent was granted because the data were collected for public health surveillance purposes.
    Randomizationnot detected.
    Blindingnot detected.
    Power Analysisnot detected.
    Sex as a biological variablenot detected.

    Table 2: Resources

    Software and Algorithms
    SentencesResources
    The data were analyzed using R version 4.0.1 in the RStudio software environment, version 1.1.463 (RStudio Inc., Boston, MA).
    RStudio
    suggested: (RStudio, RRID:SCR_000432)

    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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  4. Version published to 10.1101/2020.12.02.20242735v1 on medRxiv
  5. Version published to 10.1101/2020.12.02.20242735v2 on medRxiv