Lessons from Contact Tracing in Mid-Missouri.
Awareness
COVID-19
/ diagnosis
Contact Tracing
/ methods
Disease Outbreaks
/ prevention & control
Hand Disinfection
/ methods
Humans
Missouri
/ epidemiology
Pandemics
/ prevention & control
Patient Isolation
/ methods
Physical Distancing
Public Health
/ methods
Quarantine
/ methods
SARS-CoV-2
/ genetics
Journal
Missouri medicine
ISSN: 0026-6620
Titre abrégé: Mo Med
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 0400744
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Historique:
entrez:
8
2
2021
pubmed:
9
2
2021
medline:
13
2
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
The public health community has used contact tracing to address pandemics since the eighteenth century. With the emergence of COVID-19, these classical skills are the primary defense for communities to limit morbidity and mortality during the pandemic. Here we describe the methods, strengths, and challenges of contact tracing.
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
81-84Commentaires et corrections
Type : CommentIn
Informations de copyright
Copyright 2021 by the Missouri State Medical Association.
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