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Index Case Detection

Index Case Detection is a methodological approach in active case finding that identifies the initial individual exhibiting a disease within a population, serving as the primary trigger for subsequent contact tracing and targeted screening efforts.

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20.3K

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3.2K

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940

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AN OUTBREAK OF INFLUENZA ABOARD A COMMERCIAL AIRLINER

Michael Möser, Thomas R. Bender, Harold S. Margolis et al. · American Journal of Epidemiology · 1979 · 622 citations

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Emergence and potential for spread of Chikungunya virus in Brazil

Márcio Roberto Teixeira Nunes, Nuno R. Faria, Janaína Mota de Vasconcelos et al. · BMC Medicine · 2015 · 534 citations · Full text

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A Bayesian MCMC approach to study transmission of influenza: application to household longitudinal data

Simon Cauchemez, Fabrice Carrat, Cécile Viboud et al. · Statistics in Medicine · 2004 · 413 citations

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Descriptive epidemiology of the 2001 foot‐and‐mouth disease epidemic in Great Britain: the first five months

J. C. Gibbens, J. W. Wilesmith, Caroline Sharpe et al. · Veterinary Record · 2001 · 383 citations

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Tuberculosis contact investigation in low prevalence countries: a European consensus

Connie Erkens, M. Kamphorst, Ibrahim Abubakar et al. · European Respiratory Journal · 2010 · 276 citations · Full text

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  1. RG
    Roly Gosling

    University of California, San Francisco, United States

    5 publications · 252 citations

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  2. MS
    Michelle S. Hsiang

    University of California, San Francisco, United States

    5 publications · 252 citations

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  3. BG
    Bryan Greenhouse

    University of California, San Francisco, United States

    5 publications · 252 citations

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  4. PD
    Pragya D. Yadav

    ICMR-National Institute of Virology, India

    5 publications · 211 citations

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  5. HJ
    Hugh J. W. Sturrock

    University of California, San Francisco, United States

    4 publications · 222 citations

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Institutions

940

  1. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

    Atlanta, United States

    16 h-index

    144 publications

    4.9K citations

  2. Johns Hopkins University

    Baltimore, United States

    9 h-index

    41 publications

    1.5K citations

  3. London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

    London, United Kingdom

    9 h-index

    15 publications

    777 citations

  4. Epidemic Intelligence Service

    Atlanta, United States

    8 h-index

    16 publications

    430 citations

  5. University of Washington

    Seattle, United States

    7 h-index

    18 publications

    437 citations

  6. University of California, San Francisco

    San Francisco, United States

    7 h-index

    35 publications

    1.2K citations

  7. European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control

    Stockholm, Sweden

    7 h-index

    7 publications

    377 citations

  8. Indian Council of Medical Research

    New Delhi, India

    6 h-index

    8 publications

    367 citations

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  1. PubMed

    Repository · 36 publications · 1.3K citations

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  2. Eurosurveillance

    20 publications · 763 citations

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  3. PLoS ONE

    17 publications · 1.1K citations

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  4. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

    ICHE · 14 publications · 615 citations

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  5. Epidemiology and Infection

    14 publications · 709 citations

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