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. 2021 Apr 2;19(4):e3000959. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3000959

Table 4. Top 10 commented on COVID-19 preprints.

Rank Source DOI Title Posted date Comments count
1 medRxiv 10.1101/2020.04.14.20062463 COVID-19 Antibody Seroprevalence in Santa Clara County, California April 17, 2020 582
2 medRxiv 10.1101/2020.03.24.20042937 Correlation between universal BCG vaccination policy and reduced morbidity and mortality for COVID-19: an epidemiological study March 28, 2020 149
3 bioRxiv 10.1101/2020.01.30.927871 Uncanny similarity of unique inserts in the 2019-nCoV spike protein to HIV-1 gp120 and Gag January 31, 2020 129
4 medRxiv 10.1101/2020.04.16.20065920 Outcomes of hydroxychloroquine usage in United States veterans hospitalized with Covid-19 April 21, 2020 129
5 bioRxiv 10.1101/2020.04.29.069054 Spike mutation pipeline reveals the emergence of a more transmissible form of SARS-CoV-2 April 30, 2020 75
6 medRxiv 10.1101/2020.03.11.20031096 Relationship between the ABO Blood Group and the COVID-19 Susceptibility March 16, 2020 72
7 medRxiv 10.1101/2020.03.27.20043752 Forecasting COVID-19 impact on hospital bed-days, ICU-days, ventilator-days and deaths by US state in the next 4 months March 30, 2020 61
8 medRxiv 10.1101/2020.03.22.20040758 Efficacy of hydroxychloroquine in patients with COVID-19: results of a randomized clinical trial March 30, 2020 58
9 medRxiv 10.1101/2020.04.16.20067835 Saliva is more sensitive for SARS-CoV-2 detection in COVID-19 patients than nasopharyngeal swabs April 22, 2020 56
10 medRxiv 10.1101/2020.04.05.20054361 Population-level COVID-19 mortality risk for non-elderly individuals overall and for non-elderly individuals without underlying diseases in pandemic epicenters April 8, 2020 53

COVID-19, Coronavirus Disease 2019.