@article {Browne132, author = {James Brown and Kyle Ring and Jacqui White and Nicola E Mackie and Ibrahim Abubakar and Marc Lipman}, title = {Contact tracing for SARS-CoV-2: what can be learned from other conditions?}, volume = {21}, number = {2}, pages = {e132--e136}, year = {2021}, doi = {10.7861/clinmed.2020-0643}, publisher = {Royal College of Physicians}, 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.}, issn = {1470-2118}, URL = {https://www.rcpjournals.org/content/21/2/e132}, eprint = {https://www.rcpjournals.org/content/21/2/e132.full.pdf}, journal = {Clinical Medicine} }