Ideal Test Time for Coronavirus Disease 2019 Contact Tracing

• Main Authors: Shigeta Miyake (Author), Hideaki Kato (Author), Nobuko Tanaka (Author), Kohei Shimizu (Author), Hiroki Ozawa (Author), Chiharu Kawakami (Author), Shuzo Usuku (Author), Hideaki Nakajima (Author), Tetsuya Yamamoto (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BackgroundEpidemiological contact tracing is a powerful tool to rapidly detect SARS-CoV-2 infection in persons with a close contact history with COVID-19-affected patients. However, it remains unclear whom and when should be PCR tested among the close contact subjects.MethodsWe retrospectively analy...