Quarantine and testing strategies in contact tracing for SARS-CoV-2: a modelling study

• Main Authors: Billy J Quilty, MSc (Author), Samuel Clifford, PhD (Author), Joel Hellewell, PhD (Author), Timothy W Russell, PhD (Author), Adam J Kucharski, PhD (Author), Stefan Flasche, ProfPhD (Author), W John Edmunds, ProfPhD (Author), Katherine E Atkins (Author), Anna M Foss (Author), Naomi R Waterlow (Author), Kaja Abbas (Author), Rachel Lowe (Author), Carl A B Pearson (Author), Sebastian Funk (Author), Alicia Rosello (Author), Gwenan M Knight (Author), Nikos I Bosse (Author), Simon R Procter (Author), Georgia R Gore-Langton (Author), Alicia Showering (Author), James D Munday (Author), Katharine Sherratt (Author), Thibaut Jombart (Author), Emily S Nightingale (Author), Yang Liu (Author), Christopher I Jarvis (Author), Graham Medley (Author), Oliver Brady (Author), Hamish P Gibbs (Author), David Simons (Author), Jack Williams (Author), Damien C Tully (Author), Stefan Flasche (Author), Sophie R Meakin (Author), Kevin Zandvoort (Author), Fiona Y Sun (Author), Mark Jit (Author), Petra Klepac (Author), Matthew Quaife (Author), Rosalind M Eggo (Author), Frank G Sandmann (Author), Akira Endo (Author), Kiesha Prem (Author), Sam Abbott (Author), Rosanna Barnard (Author), Yung-Wai D Chan (Author), Megan Auzenbergs (Author), Amy Gimma (Author), C Julian Villabona-Arenas (Author), Nicholas G Davies (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2021-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Summary: Background: In most countries, contacts of confirmed COVID-19 cases are asked to quarantine for 14 days after exposure to limit asymptomatic onward transmission. While theoretically effective, this policy places a substantial social and economic burden on both the individual and wider socie...