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ArticleThe Medical journal of Australia2021

Repeat testing for SARS-CoV-2: persistence of viral RNA is common, and clearance is slower in older people.

Paulina Stehlik, Kylie Alcorn, Anna Jones, Sanmarie Schlebusch, Andre Wattiaux, David A Henry

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Article in The Medical journal of Australia, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 40% of its field
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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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

5 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Evaluating Policies to Decrease the Risk of Introducing SARS-CoV-2 Infections to Nursing Home Facilities.Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Paulina StehlikGold Coast Hospital and Health Service, Gold Coast, QLD.ORCID 0000-0002-5397-228X
Kylie AlcornGold Coast Hospital and Health Service, Gold Coast, QLD.
Anna JonesHealth Support Queensland, Gold Coast, QLD.
Sanmarie SchlebuschHealth Support Queensland, Gold Coast, QLD.
Andre WattiauxGold Coast Hospital and Health Service, Gold Coast, QLD.
David A HenryGold Coast Hospital and Health Service, Gold Coast, QLD.ORCID 0000-0003-2934-2242
Bond University · AUGold Coast Hospital · AUGold Coast Health · AUQueensland Health · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

AdultAgedAged, 80 and overAge FactorsCOVID-19COVID-19 Nucleic Acid TestingFemaleHumansKaplan-Meier EstimateMaleMiddle AgedQueenslandRisk FactorsRNA, ViralSARS-CoV-2Viral LoadRNA, ViralCOVID-19Infectious diseasesPublic healthRespiratory tract infectionsRNA virus infections

Identifiers

PMID33899232
PMCPMC8206966
OpenAlexW3158220676

What OpenQuestion holds

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Registered trials

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Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.