COVID-19 Contact Tracing as an Indicator for Evaluating a Pandemic Situation: Simulation Study

• Main Authors: Manuel Marques-Cruz (Author), Diogo Nogueira-Leite (Author), João Miguel Alves (Author), Francisco Fernandes (Author), José Miguel Fernandes (Author), Miguel Ângelo Almeida (Author), Patrícia Cunha Correia (Author), Paula Perestrelo (Author), Ricardo Cruz-Correia (Author), Pedro Pita Barros (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: JMIR Publications, 2023-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BackgroundContact tracing is a fundamental intervention in public health. When systematically applied, it enables the breaking of chains of transmission, which is important for controlling COVID-19 transmission. In theoretically perfect contact tracing, all new cases should occur among quarantined i...