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Household Case Finding

Household Case Finding is a targeted epidemiological strategy within the broader domain of index case identification that involves systematically screening and diagnosing individuals in close domestic proximity to an index case to detect secondary infections and interrupt disease transmission chains.

26

Publications

1.1K

Citations

240

Authors

76

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

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Publications

26

COVID-19 Testing, Epidemic Features, Hospital Outcomes, and Household Prevalence, New York State—March 2020

Eli S. Rosenberg, Elizabeth Dufort, Debra Blog et al. · Clinical Infectious Diseases · 2020 · 186 citations · Full text

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Reactive Case Detection for Malaria Elimination: Real-Life Experience from an Ongoing Program in Swaziland

Hugh J. W. Sturrock, Joe Novotny, Simon Kunene et al. · PLoS ONE · 2013 · 140 citations · Full text

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A household case evidences shorter shedding of SARS-CoV-2 in naturally infected cats compared to their human owners

Víctor Neira, Bárbara Brito, Belén Agüero et al. · Emerging Microbes & Infections · 2020 · 104 citations · Full text

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Prevalence of HTLV-III/LAV in Household Contacts of Patients With Confirmed AIDS and Controls in Kinshasa, Zaire

Jonathan M. Mann · JAMA · 1986 · 81 citations

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Active Surveillance of Hansen's Disease (Leprosy): Importance for Case Finding among Extra-domiciliary Contacts

Maria Luísa Nascimento Moura, Kathryn Dupnik, Gabriel A. A. Sampaio et al. · PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2013 · 75 citations · Full text

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Authors

240

  1. JL
    Jorge Lévican

    University of Chile, Chile

    2 publications · 119 citations

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  2. VN
    Víctor Neira

    University of Chile, Chile

    2 publications · 119 citations

    2

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  3. NA
    Naomi Ariyama

    University of Chile, Chile

    2 publications · 119 citations

    2

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  4. LI
    Leonardo I. Almonacid

    Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile

    2 publications · 119 citations

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  5. RM
    Rafael Medina

    Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, United States

    2 publications · 119 citations

    2

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1–5 of 240

Institutions

76

  1. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

    Santiago, Chile

    2 h-index

    6 publications

    357 citations

  2. Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

    New York, United States

    2 h-index

    18 publications

    1.1K citations

  3. Imperial College London

    London, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    76 citations

  4. Addis Ababa University

    Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    60 citations

  5. University of California, San Francisco

    San Francisco, United States

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    580 citations

  6. University of Chile

    Santiago, Chile

    2 h-index

    18 publications

    1.1K citations

  7. The University of Sydney

    Sydney, Australia

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    119 citations

  8. University of Technology Sydney

    Sydney, Australia

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    119 citations

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Venues

  1. PLoS ONE

    4 publications · 221 citations

    4

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  2. PubMed

    Repository · 3 publications · 49 citations

    3

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  3. PLoS neglected tropical diseases

    3 publications · 135 citations

    3

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  4. JAMA

    2 publications · 92 citations

    2

    h-index

  5. Malaria Journal

    2 publications · 47 citations

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