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The importance of timely contact tracing — A simulation study

International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2021
Background: While the role of contact tracing in the containment of the COVID-19 epidemic remains important until vaccines are widely available, literature on objectively measurable indicators for the effectiveness of contact tracing is scarce.
Sofia K. Mettler, Jewel Park, Orhun Özbek, Linus K. Mettler, Po-Han Ho, Hye Chang Rhim, Marloes H. Maathuis   +6 more
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The impact of contact tracing in clustered populations [PDF]

, 2010
The tracing of potentially infectious contacts has become an important part of the control strategy for many infectious diseases, from early cases of novel infections to endemic sexually transmitted infections. Here, we make use of mathematical models to
House, Thomas; id_orcid, Keeling Matt J., House Thomas, House, Thomas A., Thomas House, Matt J. Keeling, Matt J Keeling, Keeling, Matt J, Keeling, Matthew James   +8 more
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Next Generation Technology for Epidemic Prevention and Control: Data-Driven Contact Tracking

IEEE Access, 2019
Contact tracking is one of the key technologies in prevention and control of infectious diseases. In the face of a sudden infectious disease outbreak, contact tracking systems can help medical professionals quickly locate and isolate infected persons and
Hechang Chen, Bo Yang, Hongbin Pei, Jiming Liu   +3 more
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Challenges and mitigation strategies during contact tracing: Lessons learned in COVID-19-pandemic

Journal of Public Health and Primary Care, 2022
Introduction: Contact tracing can identify potentially infected individuals before severe symptoms emerge, and if conducted sufficiently quickly can prevent onward transmission from secondary cases.
Suraj Kapoor, Vivek Anand, Arun Kumar Yadav, S Vijay Bhaskar, Surinder Kumar, Dharamjeet Singh Faujdar, Prabhakar Teli   +6 more
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Early evidence of effectiveness of digital contact tracing for SARS-CoV-2 in Switzerland

Swiss Medical Weekly, 2020
In the wake of the pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), contact tracing has become a key element of strategies to control the spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2). Given the rapid and intense spread of SARS-
Marcel Salathé, Christian L. Althaus, Nanina Anderegg, Daniele Antonioli, Tala Ballouz, Edouard Bugnion, Srdjan Čapkun, Dennis Jackson, Sang-Il Kim, James R. Larus, Nicola Low, Wouter Lueks, Dominik Menges, Cédric Moullet, Mathias Payer, Julien Riou, Theresa Stadler, Carmela Troncoso, Effy Vayena, Viktor von Wyl   +19 more
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Exploring the promise and reality of ward-based primary healthcare outreach teams conducting TB household contact tracing in three districts of South Africa.

PLoS ONE, 2021
BackgroundTuberculosis (TB) household contact tracing is a form of targeted active case-finding for which community health workers ('outreach teams') in South Africa are primarily responsible for its implementation.
Candice M Chetty-Makkan, Daniel deSanto, Richard Lessells, Salome Charalambous, Kavindhran Velen, Sewele Makgopa, Dumile Gumede, Katherine Fielding, Alison D Grant   +8 more
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Prospective Case-control Study of Contact Tracing Speed for Emergency Department-based Contact Tracers

Western Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2022
Introduction: In Snohomish County, WA, the time from obtaining a positive severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) test and initiating contact tracing is 4–6 days.
Sean C. Weaver, Samuel S. Byrne, Hollianne Bruce, Olivia L. Vargas, Thomas E. Robey   +4 more
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Tuberculosis contact tracing yield and associated factors in Uganda

BMC Pulmonary Medicine, 2022
Background The yield of tuberculosis (TB) contact tracing is historically low in Uganda. We determined factors associated with a positive contact tracing yield at an urban public TB clinic in Kampala, Uganda. Methods We reviewed contact tracing registers
Joseph Baruch Baluku, Martin Nabwana, Muttamba Winters, Felix Bongomin   +3 more
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Models for Digitally Contact-Traced Epidemics

IEEE Access, 2022
Contacts between people are the main drivers of contagious respiratory infections. For this reason, limiting and tracking contacts is a key strategy for controlling the COVID-19 epidemic. Digital contact tracing has been proposed as an automated solution
Chiara Boldrini, Andrea Passarella, Marco Conti   +2 more
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Security and Privacy Threats and Requirements for the Centralized Contact Tracing System in Korea

Big Data and Cognitive Computing, 2022
As COVID-19 became a pandemic worldwide, contact tracing technologies and information systems were developed for quick control of infectious diseases in both the private and public sectors.
Sungchae Park, Heung-Youl Youm
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