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Contact Tracing

Contact Tracing is a targeted case-finding strategy in communicable disease control that systematically identifies, assesses, and manages persons who have been exposed to an index case in order to detect additional infections and interrupt chains of transmission.

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2017–2026

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Quantifying SARS-CoV-2 transmission suggests epidemic control with digital contact tracing

Luca Ferretti, Chris Wymant, Michelle Kendall et al. · Science · 2020 · 2.6K citations · Full text

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Contact Tracing Assessment of COVID-19 Transmission Dynamics in Taiwan and Risk at Different Exposure Periods Before and After Symptom Onset

Hao‐Yuan Cheng, Shu-Wan Jian, Ding‐Ping Liu et al. · JAMA Internal Medicine · 2020 · 959 citations · Full text

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Effectiveness of isolation, testing, contact tracing, and physical distancing on reducing transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in different settings: a mathematical modelling study

Adam J. Kucharski, Petra Klepac, Andrew J. K. Conlan et al. · The Lancet Infectious Diseases · 2020 · 958 citations · Full text

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High-Resolution Measurements of Face-to-Face Contact Patterns in a Primary School

Juliette Stehlé, Nicolas Voirin, Alain Barrat et al. · PLoS ONE · 2011 · 854 citations · Full text

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Modelling the impact of testing, contact tracing and household quarantine on second waves of COVID-19

Alberto Aleta, David Martín-Corral, Ana Pastore y Piontti et al. · Nature Human Behaviour · 2020 · 848 citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. AB
    Alain Barrat

    Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France

    16 publications · 2.5K citations

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  2. CC
    Ciro Cattuto

    Institute for Scientific Interchange, Italy

    14 publications · 2.4K citations

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  3. MS
    Marcel Salathé

    École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland

    13 publications · 2K citations

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  4. AJ
    Adam J. Kucharski

    London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom

    13 publications · 1.9K citations

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  5. VV
    Viktor von Wyl

    University of Zurich, Switzerland

    11 publications · 465 citations

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Institutions

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  1. London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

    London, United Kingdom

    26 h-index

    152 publications

    12.2K citations

  2. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    26 h-index

    148 publications

    39.2K citations

  3. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    22 h-index

    61 publications

    11.3K citations

  4. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

    Atlanta, United States

    22 h-index

    310 publications

    12.5K citations

  5. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    18 h-index

    33 publications

    2.7K citations

  6. Johns Hopkins University

    Baltimore, United States

    17 h-index

    62 publications

    3K citations

  7. Imperial College London

    London, United Kingdom

    17 h-index

    37 publications

    2.9K citations

  8. University of Warwick

    Coventry, United Kingdom

    16 h-index

    42 publications

    3.3K citations

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  1. PLoS ONE

    48 publications · 3.8K citations

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  2. medRxiv

    Repository · 60 publications · 2.8K citations

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  3. arXiv (Cornell University)

    Repository · 32 publications · 1.2K citations

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  4. JMIR mhealth and uhealth

    19 publications · 1.8K citations

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  5. PubMed

    Repository · 36 publications · 1.5K citations

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