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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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A statistical network analysis of the HIV/AIDS epidemics in Cuba [PDF]

, 2015
The Cuban contact-tracing detection system set up in 1986 allowed the reconstruction and analysis of the sexual network underlying the epidemic (5,389 vertices and 4,073 edges, giant component of 2,386 nodes and 3,168 edges), shedding light onto the ...
A Clauset, A Kleczkowski, B Hill, C Moore, E Volz, E Volz, F Ball, F Ball, F Barbour, F Rossi, H Arazoza De, I Herman, I Kiss, J Reichardt, J Wylie, JM Roberts Jr, L Decreusefond, M Blum, M Graham, M Molloy, M Newman, M Newman, M Newman, M Newman, M Newman, R Ahuja, RM May, S Clémençon, S Fortunato, S Resnick, T Britton, T Fruchterman, T House, Y-H Hsieh   +33 more
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Contact tracing [PDF]

BMJ, 1982
C. Jones, S K Panja
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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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Targeted treatment of yaws with contact tracing : how much do we miss? [PDF]

, 2017
Yaws is a disabling bacterial infection found primarily in warm and humid tropical areas. The World Health Organization strategy mandates an initial round of total community treatment (TCT) with single-dose azithromycin followed either by further TCT or ...
Bishop, Alex, Crook, Oliver M., Dyson, Louise, Hollingsworth, T. Déirdre, Mabey, David C. W., Marks, Michael, Sokana, Oliver, Solomon, Anthony W.   +7 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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Contact tracing in the hospital setting for COVID-19: An experience from AIIMS, New Delhi

Journal of Public Health and Primary Care, 2022
In this commentary, we relate our experience with contact tracing within the setting of a tertiary care institute and how it evolved over the course of the pandemic.
Devashish Desai, Anivita Aggarwal, Komal Singh, Shivdas Rajaram Naik, Arvind Kumar, Ravneet Kaur, Naveet Wig   +6 more
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Barriers and opportunities for hepatitis B testing and contact tracing in a UK Somali population:A qualitative study [PDF]

, 2016
Background: Chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection frequently causes liver disease, and early identification can improve outcome. The burden of chronic HBV infection in many economically developed nations lies in migrant populations.
Cochrane, Alex, Collins, Peter, Horwood, Jeremy   +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
doaj   +1 more source