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Technical Difficulties of Contact Tracing
, 2022 In mid-October, thousands of English and Welsh citizens received phantom alerts that they had potentially been exposed to COVID-19. A quick Twitter tour reveals the spiraling fear, frustration, and confusion that ensued.
Robinson, Amy, Waldo, James
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Efficient Contact Tracing for pandemics using blockchain
Informatics in Medicine Unlocked, 2021 Blockchain technologies have been benefiting many industries by being decentralized, secure and confidential. They offer great potential in pandemic impacted scenarios as well.
Nida Bari, Usman Qamar, Ayesha Khalid
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Use of a digital contact tracing system in Singapore to mitigate COVID-19 spread
BMC Public Health, 2023 Background Contact tracing has been essential to reducing spread of COVID-19. Singapore leveraged technology to assist with contact tracing efforts using a Bluetooth-based app and token platform called ‘TraceTogether’.
Bryan W. K. Chow +9 more
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Impact of delays on effectiveness of contact tracing strategies for COVID-19: a modelling study
The Lancet Public Health, 2020 Summary: Background: In countries with declining numbers of confirmed cases of COVID-19, lockdown measures are gradually being lifted. However, even if most physical distancing measures are continued, other public health measures will be needed to ...
Mirjam E Kretzschmar, ProfPhD +5 more
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How detection ranges and usage stops impact digital contact tracing effectiveness for COVID-19
Scientific Reports, 2021 To combat the COVID-19 pandemic, many countries around the globe have adopted digital contact tracing apps. Various technologies exist to trace contacts that are potentially prone to different types of tracing errors.
Konstantin D. Pandl +3 more
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Features of COVID-19 applications and their impact on contact tracing: results of preliminary review
Finnish Journal of eHealth and eWelfare, 2021 Digital technologies and telehealth, specifically contact tracing applications can complement traditional approaches for contact tracing of COVID-19 and overall COVID-19 control strategies.
Riikka Vuokko +2 more
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JMIR Public Health and Surveillance, 2022 BackgroundContact tracing is an important public health tool for curbing the spread of infectious diseases. Effective and efficient contact tracing involves the rapid identification of individuals with infection and their exposed ...
Chi-Chi N Udeagu +12 more
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Contact tracing strategies in heterogeneous populations [PDF]
, 2006 Contact tracing is a well-established disease control measure that seeks to uncover cases by following chains of infection. This paper examines mathematical models of both single-step and iterative contact tracing schemes and analyses the ability of ...
Eames, KTD, Eames, Ken T. D.
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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 +8 more
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Journal of Medical Internet Research, 2021 BackgroundThe emergence of SARS-CoV-2 in late 2019 and its subsequent spread worldwide continues to be a global health crisis. Many governments consider contact tracing of citizens through apps installed on mobile phones as a key mechanism to contain the
Cresswell, Kathrin +8 more
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