Characterizing the effective reproduction number during the COVID-19 pandemic: Insights from Qatar’s experience
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Table 1: Rigor
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Antibodies Sentences Resources It was fitted to the national standardized, integrated, and centralized databases of SARS-CoV-2 diagnosed cases, SARS-CoV-2 PCR and antibody testing, COVID-19 hospitalizations, and COVID-19 mortality [6], as well as to data of a series of SARS-CoV-2 epidemiological studies in Qatar [5,21,43-48]. SARS-CoV-2suggested: NonePCRsuggested: NoneSoftware and Algorithms Sentences Resources The model was coded, fitted, and analyzed using MATLAB R2019a [50]. MATLABsuggested: (MATLAB, RRID:SCR_001622)Results from OddPub: We did not detect open data. We also did not detect open code. Researchers are encouraged to …
SciScore for 10.1101/2021.10.07.21264599: (What is this?)
Please note, not all rigor criteria are appropriate for all manuscripts.
Table 1: Rigor
NIH rigor criteria are not applicable to paper type.Table 2: Resources
Antibodies Sentences Resources It was fitted to the national standardized, integrated, and centralized databases of SARS-CoV-2 diagnosed cases, SARS-CoV-2 PCR and antibody testing, COVID-19 hospitalizations, and COVID-19 mortality [6], as well as to data of a series of SARS-CoV-2 epidemiological studies in Qatar [5,21,43-48]. SARS-CoV-2suggested: NonePCRsuggested: NoneSoftware and Algorithms Sentences Resources The model was coded, fitted, and analyzed using MATLAB R2019a [50]. MATLABsuggested: (MATLAB, RRID:SCR_001622)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:This study has limitations. The estimated and are contingent on the validity and generalizability of input data. The uncertainty/credible intervals estimated here accounted for the uncertainty arising from sampling variation, or from our imperfect knowledge of specific epidemiological quantities, such as the serial interval, but did not account for other sources of uncertainty, such as our imperfect knowledge of the true incidence of infection in the population. To reduce bias due to variation in volume and strategies of PCR testing over time, was calculated using the time series of symptomatic cases, but the distribution of the delay between onset of infection and onset of symptoms may bias these estimates. was estimated using a deterministic compartmental model, but this type of model may not be representative of stochastic transmission dynamics, particularly when the number of infections is small. Despite these limitations, and were able to capture the evolution of the epidemic through its several waves, and to effectively inform the national response and policy decision-making.
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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