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ArticleThe Lancet. Infectious diseases2020

Covert COVID-19 and false-positive dengue serology in Singapore.

Gabriel Yan, Chun Kiat Lee, Lawrence T M Lam, Benedict Yan, Ying Xian Chua, Anita Y N Lim, Kee Fong Phang, Guan Sen Kew, Hazel Teng, Chin Hong Ngai and 5 more

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Article in The Lancet. Infectious diseases, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 186 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

186 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors.

Gabriel YanDepartment of Medicine, National University Health System, 119228, Singapore. Electronic address: gabriel_zherong_yan@nuhs.edu.sg.
Chun Kiat LeeDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, University Medicine Cluster, National University Health System, Singapore.
Lawrence T M LamPioneer Polyclinic, National University Polyclinics, National University Health System, Singapore.
Benedict YanDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, University Medicine Cluster, National University Health System, Singapore.
Ying Xian ChuaPioneer Polyclinic, National University Polyclinics, National University Health System, Singapore.
Anita Y N LimDepartment of Medicine, National University Health System, 119228, Singapore.
Kee Fong PhangDepartment of Medicine, National University Health System, 119228, Singapore.
Guan Sen KewDepartment of Medicine, National University Health System, 119228, Singapore.
Hazel TengDepartment of Medicine, National University Health System, 119228, Singapore.
Chin Hong NgaiDepartment of Medicine, National University Health System, 119228, Singapore.
Li LinDepartment of Medicine, Ng Teng Fong General Hospital, Singapore.
Rui Min FooDepartment of Medicine, Ng Teng Fong General Hospital, Singapore.
Surinder PadaDepartment of Medicine, Ng Teng Fong General Hospital, Singapore.
Lee Ching NgEnvironmental Health Institute, National Environment Agency, Singapore.
Paul Anantharajah TambyahDepartment of Medicine, National University Health System, 119228, Singapore.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

BetacoronavirusClinical Laboratory TechniquesCoronavirus InfectionsCOVID-19COVID-19 TestingDengueFalse Positive ReactionsFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedPandemicsPneumonia, ViralSARS-CoV-2Singapore

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PMID32145189
PMCPMC7128937

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