RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Contact tracing for SARS-CoV-2: what can be learned from other conditions?
JF Clinical Medicine
JO Clin Med
FD Royal College of Physicians
SP e132
OP e136
DO 10.7861/clinmed.2020-0643
VO 21
IS 2
A1 Brown, James
A1 Ring, Kyle
A1 White, Jacqui
A1 Mackie, Nicola E
A1 Abubakar, Ibrahim
A1 Lipman, Marc
YR 2021
UL http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/21/2/e132.abstract
AB 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.