Infection inhibiting effect of RT-PCR testing-isolation in COVID-19 - a case study of Hiroshima and Fukuoka in Japan -
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Abstract
A simple method of estimating the effect of reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) testing-isolation on the restraint of infection of COVID-19 is proposed. The effect is expressed as the ratio χ of the reproductive number to that in the case that no isolation measure would be taken. The method was applied in the case of the third infection wave (from December, 2020 to February, 2021) of Hiroshima and Fukuoka in Japan. The ratio χ was estimated to be 0.78 to 0.84 and 0.86 to 0.9 in Hiroshima and Fukuoka, respectively. It is also shown that the reduction of χ by 0.07 would have reduced at least 50% of total infected patients during the third infection wave in Fukuoka.
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SciScore for 10.1101/2021.08.24.21262517: (What is this?)
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Table 1: Rigor
Ethics not detected. Sex as a biological variable not detected. Randomization not detected. Blinding not detected. Power Analysis not detected. Table 2: Resources
No key resources detected.
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:…
SciScore for 10.1101/2021.08.24.21262517: (What is this?)
Please note, not all rigor criteria are appropriate for all manuscripts.
Table 1: Rigor
Ethics not detected. Sex as a biological variable not detected. Randomization not detected. Blinding not detected. Power Analysis not detected. Table 2: Resources
No key resources detected.
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.
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- No protocol registration statement was detected.
Results from scite Reference Check: We found no unreliable references.
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