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Proportion of asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infections: a living systematic review

Publications

We started this living systematic review in March 2020 and have published four versions. Versions of the review have been posted as preprints on medRxiv and published as peer-reviewed article in PLOS Medicine.

Versions Publication Date Publications Links Last Date Search
1 29 April 2020 The role of asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infections: rapid living systematic review and meta-analysis medRxiv preprint 1 25 March 2020
2 24 May 2020 The role of asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infections: rapid living systematic review and meta-analysis medRxiv preprint 2 20 April 2020
3 28 July 2020 Asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infections: a living systematic review and meta-analysis medRxiv preprint 3 10 June 2020
3 22 September 2020 Occurrence and transmission potential of asymptomatic and presymptomatic SARS-CoV2 infections: A living systematic review and meta-analysis PLOS Medicine article 1 10 June 2020
4 30 January 2022 Occurrence and transmission potential of asymptomatic and presymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infections: a living systematic review and meta-analysis medRxiv preprint 4 2 February 2021

Protocols

Our protocol was first published on April 1, 2020, on Open Science Framework (OSF) with subsequent updates to refine questions over time and adapt to the changing evidence.

Protocols Publication Date
Rapid systematic review protocol version 1.0 01 April 2020
Rapid systematic review protocol version 2.0 15 April 2020
Rapid systematic review protocol version 3.0 04 May 2020
Living systematic review protocol version 4.0 15 July 2020
Living systematic review protocol (v 5.0) 14 October 2020
Living systematic review protocol (v 5.1) 18 June 2021

GitHub

The data extracted from the included studies and the code which was used to synthesise the results are publicly available on GitHub .