COVID-19 hotspots through clusters analysis in France (may-October 2020): where should we track the virus to mitigate the spread?

• Main Authors: Guillaume Spaccaferri (Author), Clémentine Calba (Author), Pascal Vilain (Author), Loïc Garras (Author), Cécile Durand (Author), Corinne Pilorget (Author), Nahida Atiki (Author), Pascale Bernillon (Author), Laëtitia Bosc (Author), Erica Fougère (Author), Jean-Baptiste Hanon (Author), Valérie Henry (Author), Caroline Huchet-Kervella (Author), Mélanie Martel (Author), Valérie Pontiès (Author), Damien Mouly (Author), Enguerrand Rolland du Roscoat (Author), Stéphane Le Vu (Author), Jean-Claude Desenclos (Author), Anne Laporte (Author), Regional MONIC group (Author), Patrick Rolland (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background In France, the lifting of the lockdown implemented to control the COVID-19 first wave in 2020 was followed by a reinforced contact-tracing (CT) strategy for the early detection of cases and transmission chains. We developed a reporting system of clusters defined as at least three...