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ArticleDiagnostic microbiology and infectious disease2022

The impact of COVID-19 epidemic phase and changes in mean viral loads: implications for SARS-CoV-2 testing strategies.

Cameron Buckley, Claire Yt Wang, Mark D Chatfield, Cheryl Bletchly, Patrick Harris, David Whiley

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Article in Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease, 2022. 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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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

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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

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Cameron BuckleyFaculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; Pathology Queensland Central Laboratory, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Claire Yt WangPathology Queensland Central Laboratory, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; Centre for Children's Health Research, Children's Health Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Mark D ChatfieldFaculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Cheryl BletchlyPathology Queensland Central Laboratory, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Patrick HarrisFaculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; Pathology Queensland Central Laboratory, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
David WhileyFaculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; Pathology Queensland Central Laboratory, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Electronic address: d.whiley@uq.edu.au.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The sensitivity of SARS-CoV-2 diagnostic tests is inherently linked to viral load. We explored whether average viral loads changed at a population level in Queensland, Australia during the early phase of the pandemic. RT-PCR threshold cycle (C

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COVID-19SARS-CoV-2COVID-19 TestingHumansPandemicsViral LoaddiagnosisphaseSARS-CoV-2viral load

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PMID34883385
PMCPMC8603442

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