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ArticleThe Journal of infection2020

Comparing hospitalised, community and staff COVID-19 infection rates during the early phase of the evolving COVID-19 epidemic.

Julian W Tang, Sarah Young, Shoshanna May, Paul Bird, Jan Bron, Tarannum Mohamedanif, Carina Bradley, Daxa Patel, Christopher W Holmes, Kin On Kwok

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Article in The Journal of infection, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  5. COVID-19 among Nursing Staff: Settings and Regional Differences.Portuguese journal of public health · 2021
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  9. Transmission dynamics of the COVID-19 epidemic in England.International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Julian W TangClinical Microbiology, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester, UK; Respiratory Sciences, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK. Electronic address: julian.tang@uhl-tr.nhs.uk.
Sarah YoungClinical Microbiology, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester, UK.
Shoshanna MayClinical Microbiology, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester, UK.
Paul BirdClinical Microbiology, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester, UK.
Jan BronClinical Microbiology, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester, UK.
Tarannum MohamedanifClinical Microbiology, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester, UK.
Carina BradleyClinical Microbiology, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester, UK.
Daxa PatelClinical Microbiology, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester, UK.
Christopher W HolmesClinical Microbiology, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester, UK.
Kin On KwokJC School of Public Health and Primary Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China; Stanley Ho Centre for Emerging Infectious Diseases, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China; Shenzhen Research Institute of The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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Indexed as

PandemicsBetacoronavirusCoronavirus InfectionsCOVID-19HumansLymphocytesNeutrophilsPneumonia, ViralRisk FactorsSARS-CoV-2CommunityCOVID-19Diagnostic testingPatientPositivity rateR0SARS-CoV-2StaffTransmission

Identifiers

PMID32442455
PMCPMC7236702

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