An early and influential paper on long COVID that appeared in The Lancet has been flagged with an expression of concern while the journal investigates 'data errors.'
We received an inquiry from a researcher on data inconsistencies between these two Articles, and we sought an explanation from the corresponding author of the two papers. On Nov 7, 2022, Lancet editors were informed that inconsistencies between the 6-month and the 1-year data were due to"some variables in the dataset used for the 6-month paper were mistakenly disrupted in order".
The corresponding author of both papers, Bin Cao of China's National Center for Respiratory Medicine and the China-Japan Friendship Hospital in Beijing, has not responded to our request for comment.published in Lancet Infectious Diseases last March described him as"a leading researcher in pneumonia and influenza" who"has been instrumental in increasing knowledge about COVID-19.
Cao's seminal papers during the COVID-19 pandemic include the first report of the clinical characteristics of COVID-19 patients in Wuhan, the description of the risk factors for mortality for adult inpatients, and the results of trials testing the use of antiviral drugs, including lopinavir-ritonavir, to treat COVID-19 in China.
We reached out to The Lancet's press office and Richard Horton, the journal's editor-in-chief, and received this statement: The Lancet Group treats all communications between editors and authors or readers as confidential. Investigations are continuing, and the
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