Contact tracing for SARS-CoV-2: what can be learned from other conditions?
James Brown, Kyle Ring, Jacqui White, Nicola E Mackie, Ibrahim Abubakar and Marc Lipman
DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmed.2020-0643
Clin Med February 2021 James Brown
ARoyal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
Roles: consultant respiratory physician
Kyle Ring
BImperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK
Roles: specialty registrar in HIV and genitourinary medicine
Jacqui White
CNorth Central London TB Service, Whittington Health, London, UK
Roles: clinical team lead
Nicola E Mackie
DImperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK
Roles: consultant in HIV medicine
Ibrahim Abubakar
EInstitute of Global Health, University College London, UK
Roles: professor of infectious disease epidemiology
Marc Lipman
FUniversity College London, UK
Roles: professor of medicine
ABSTRACT
Contact tracing is central to the public health response to COVID-19, but the approach taken has received criticism for failing to make enough of an impact on disease transmission. We discuss what can be learned from contact tracing in other infections, and how the natural history of COVID-19 should shape the strategies used.
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Contact tracing for SARS-CoV-2: what can be learned from other conditions?
James Brown, Kyle Ring, Jacqui White, Nicola E Mackie, Ibrahim Abubakar, Marc Lipman
Clinical Medicine Feb 2021, clinmed.2020-0643; DOI: 10.7861/clinmed.2020-0643
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