Emergence of SARS-CoV-2 B.1.1.7 Lineage at Outpatient Testing Site, Berlin, Germany, January–March 2021
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SciScore for 10.1101/2021.04.15.21255389: (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: We detected the following sentences addressing limitations in the study:The main limitation in our study are limited subgroup sizes, which reduced the likelihood to detect differences between rare characteristics. Others are the one-time assessment, subjective symptom duration, and the variable manifestation of SARS-CoV-2 …
SciScore for 10.1101/2021.04.15.21255389: (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: We detected the following sentences addressing limitations in the study:The main limitation in our study are limited subgroup sizes, which reduced the likelihood to detect differences between rare characteristics. Others are the one-time assessment, subjective symptom duration, and the variable manifestation of SARS-CoV-2 infection (4). Strengths include standardized procedures conducted by trained medical staff and the prospective nature of the study evaluating patient groups during the same time period, reducing the likelihood of confounding due to temporal effects. SARS-CoV-2 VOC B.1.1.7 is now the dominant lineage in Berlin. On the outpatient level, there appears to be no major difference in clinical manifestation.
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.
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- No protocol registration statement was detected.
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