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    SciScore for 10.1101/2021.07.16.21260367: (What is this?)

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

    Table 1: Rigor

    Ethicsnot detected.
    Sex as a biological variablenot detected.
    Randomizationnot detected.
    Blindingnot detected.
    Power Analysisnot detected.

    Table 2: Resources

    Software and Algorithms
    SentencesResources
    We used Stata/SE 15.0 (StataCorp LP, College Station, TX, USA) for all analyses.
    StataCorp
    suggested: (Stata, RRID:SCR_012763)

    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: We detected the following sentences addressing limitations in the study:
    Our study has limitations. First, measurement bias is present in Sources 1 and 2 as our pertussis case definition only considered positive PCRs. We therefore might have missed cases diagnosed by serology (sometimes prescribed even if not recommended), or based on clinical grounds, especially during the 1st lockdown (from mid-March to May, 2020), when transportation was limited, office-based physicians unreachable, and private laboratories overwhelmed by the implementation of large-scale SARS-CoV-2 testing. Second, we cannot determine whether the decrease of pertussis cases observed here was due to decreased pertussis circulation or reduced testing. However, the similar decrease observed in hospitalized cases in the youngest population does not favor the latter hypothesis, and access retriction to outpatient testing was mostly limited to the first lockdown period. Third, we may have lacked statistical power to detect a significant decrease in the proportion of positive cases, as the post-lockdown period was relatively short compared to the pre-lockdown period (i.e., 9 months vs. 87 months, respectively), and negative PCR tests results were not available from data Source 2. In conclusion, this national-level study shows a strong association between the COVID-19 pandemic and pertussis in France, with an unprecedented drop of pertussis cases. Pertussis should be closely monitored to detect any resurgence in the community when social distancing restrictions will be relaxed, as wel...

    Results from TrialIdentifier: We found the following clinical trial numbers in your paper:

    IdentifierStatusTitle
    NCT04318431CompletedPrevalence of SARS -Cov2 Carriage in Asymptomatic and Mildly…

    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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