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BMC Infectious Diseases, 2023 Background In Ghana, contact tracing received heightened attention in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic during its peak period. Despite the successes achieved, numerous challenges continue to limit the efforts of contact tracing in completely ...
Isaac Tachie Asare +3 more
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Sensors, 2023 COVID-19 is highly contagious and spreads rapidly; it can be transmitted through coughing or contact with virus-contaminated hands, surfaces, or objects.
Maggie Ezzat Gaber Gendy +3 more
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Leprosy New Case Detection Trends and the Future Effect of Preventive Interventions in Pará State, Brazil: A Modelling Study [PDF]
, 2016 Background: Leprosy remains a public health problem in Brazil. Although the overall number of new cases is declining, there are still areas with a high disease burden, such as Pará State in the north of the country. We aim to predict future trends in new
Blok, D.J. (David) +3 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 +2 more
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Contact tracing for tuberculosis, Thailand
Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2020 Despite implementation of universal health coverage in Thailand, gaps remain in the system for screening contacts of tuberculosis patients.We designed broader criteria for contact investigation and new screening practices and assessed the approach in a programme-based operational research study in 2017-2018.
Imsanguan, Worarat +11 more
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Every contact leaves a trace [PDF]
British Journal of General Practice, 2021 A few years ago I was on holiday when I briefly got chatting with a fellow tourist — a kind police officer — by the pool, who had been and was still working his way through ‘burnout’, relating to his work. He had written a book about his experiences, which introduced me to what is known as ‘Locard’s Exchange Principle’1 and the fact that ‘every ...
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How is “solidarity” understood in discussions about contact tracing apps? An overview
Frontiers in Public Health, 2022 BackgroundIn the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, there is much discussion about contact tracing apps, their use to contain the spread of the virus as well as the ethical, legal, and social aspects of their development, implementation, acceptance, and ...
Max Tretter
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Enhancing Bayesian risk prediction for epidemics using contact tracing
, 2012 Contact tracing data collected from disease outbreaks has received relatively little attention in the epidemic modelling literature because it is thought to be unreliable: infection sources might be wrongly attributed, or data might be missing due to ...
C. P. Jewell +7 more
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Evaluation of a Contact Tracing Training Program and Field Experience
AJPM Focus, 2022 Introduction: The study objective was to evaluate a contact tracing training program and the role of contact tracing on volunteers’ professional development.
Katherine M. Strelau, BS +6 more
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