Optimal Cycle Thresholds for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Screening-Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC)-Based Methods Highlight Between-Study Differences

Affiliations

¹ Faculty of Business and Health, University of Applied Sciences Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany.
² Witten/Herdecke University, Witten, Germany.

Comment

Gerrit Hirschfeld et al. Clin Infect Dis. 2021.

. 2021 Aug 2;73(3):e852-e853.

doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa1883.

¹ Faculty of Business and Health, University of Applied Sciences Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany.
² Witten/Herdecke University, Witten, Germany.

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