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ArticleJournal of public health (Oxford, England)2021

The need for mass testing and the proper post-COVID-19 test behavior in the Philippines.

Abelardo Jose M Mendoza, Moriah Dianne M Dela Cruz, Ivan Efreaim A Gozum, Joseph Renus F Galang

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Article in Journal of public health (Oxford, England), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Abelardo Jose M MendozaCenter for Christian Formation and Praxis, Angeles University Foundation, Angeles City, Philippines.ORCID 0000-0001-8174-8579
Moriah Dianne M Dela CruzCenter for Christian Formation and Praxis, Angeles University Foundation, Angeles City, Philippines.
Ivan Efreaim A GozumCenter for Christian Formation and Praxis, Angeles University Foundation, Angeles City, Philippines.ORCID 0000-0001-5085-2752
Joseph Renus F GalangTheology and Religious Education Department, De La Salle University, 2401 Taft Avenue, 0922 Manila, Philippines.ORCID 0000-0002-0447-3046

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In a recent article, the researcher asked if people's behavior after receiving negative COVID-19 tests contribute to the spread of the virus. It was discussed that even though testing mitigated the coronavirus spread, false confidence among those who have negative results contributed to the spread of the virus. This article, then, proposes that there is a need for mass testing for new virus variants and a foundation for proper behavior after testing.

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COVID-19HumansPhilippinesSARS-CoV-2COVID-19mass testingresponsibility

Identifiers

PMID33690862
PMCPMC7989505

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