Viral variant-resolved wastewater surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 at national scale

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    Table 1: Rigor

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    Table 2: Resources

    Software and Algorithms
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    Variants were then filtered with LoFreq and Bcftools 85 (v 1.9) only considering variants with a minimum coverage of 75 reads, a minimum Phred scaled calling quality value of 90 and InDels with a HRUN value of at less than 4.
    Phred
    suggested: (Phred, RRID:SCR_001017)
    Variant annotation was performed with SnpEff 86 (v 4.3) and SnpSift 87 (v 4.3).
    SnpEff
    suggested: (SnpEff, RRID:SCR_005191)
    If the SIMPLEX function does not converge, resort to the Beta function.
    SIMPLEX
    suggested: (SIMPLEX, RRID:SCR_010807)
    Sequencing based tests were performed by partial sequencing of the spike gene 94, Sanger sequencing or WGS.
    WGS
    suggested: None
    The method is implemented in a software tool named DeViVa (Deconvolution of Virus Variants), which was written in python (version 3.8) and which can be obtained from GitHub (https://github.com/SebH87/DeViVa).
    python
    suggested: (IPython, RRID:SCR_001658)
    Nucleotide diversity: The loFreq filtered variant call format files of all WWTP for which more than 18 timepoints were available with at least 2/3 of the genome covered with more than ten reads, were used to extract variants with an allele frequency above 1%.
    loFreq
    suggested: (LoFreq, RRID:SCR_013054)

    Results from OddPub: Thank you for sharing your code and data.


    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.

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


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