Retracted coronavirus (COVID-19) papers

Retraction Watch ^ | July 7, 2020 | Staff

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We’ve been tracking retractions of papers about COVID-19 as part of our database. Here’s a running list, which will be updated as needed.

“Uncanny similarity of unique inserts in the 2019-nCoV spike protein to HIV-1 gp120 and Gag,” bioRxiv preprint published January 31, 2020 and withdrawn February 2, 2020. More context here.

“Epidemiological and clinical features of the 2019 novel coronavirus outbreak in China,” medRxiv preprint published February 11, 2020 and withdrawn February 21, 2020. More context here.

“Chinese medical staff request international medical assistance in fighting against COVID-19,” letter in The Lancet published February 24, 2020 and retracted February 26, 2020. More context here.

“Potential False-Positive Rate Among the ‘Asymptomatic Infected Individuals’ in Close Contacts of COVID-19 Patients,” paper in the Chinese Journal of Epidemiology published March 5, 2020 and retracted a few days later. More context here.

“An epidemiological investigation of 2019 novel coronavirus diseases through aerosol－borne transmission by public transport,” published in early March in Practical Preventive Medicine and retracted sometime in mid-April. More context here....

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There are over a dozen more.

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