 Contact Tracing
"Contact Tracing" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Identification of those persons (or animals) who have had such an association with an infected person, animal, or contaminated environment as to have had the opportunity to acquire the infection. Contact tracing is a generally accepted method for the control of sexually transmitted diseases.
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D016358
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E05.318.270 N06.850.520.270 N06.850.780.200.225
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| Concept/Terms |
Contact Tracing- Contact Tracing
- Tracing, Contact
- Infectious Disease Contact Tracing
- Communicable Disease Contact Tracing
Notification, Partner- Notification, Partner
- Notifications, Partner
- Partner Notifications
- Partner Notification
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| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2012 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2020 | 3 | 0 | 3 | | 2021 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2022 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2024 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2025 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Contact Tracing" by people in Profiles.
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Rolfes MA, Talbot HK, Morrissey KG, Stockwell MS, Maldonado Y, Nguyen HQ, Lutrick K, Bowman NM, Rao S, Izurieta HS, Zhu Y, Chappell J, Battan-Wraith S, Merrill LS, McClaren S, Sano E, Petrie JG, Biddle J, Johnson S, Salvatore P, Smith-Jeffcoat SE, Asturias EJ, Lin JT, Ellingson KD, Belongia EA, Olivo V, Mellis AM, Grijalva CG. Reduced risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection among household contacts with recent vaccination and past COVID-19 infection: results from 2 multisite case-ascertained household transmission studies. Am J Epidemiol. 2025 Jun 03; 194(6):1603-1610.
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Richards MJ, Bogart A, Sheeder J. Reducing Barriers for Expedited Partner Treatment in Adolescents and Young Adults: A Quality Improvement Initiative. Sex Transm Dis. 2024 May 01; 51(5):325-330.
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Pinto PFPS, Teixeira CSS, Ichihara MY, Rasella D, Nery JS, Sena SOL, Brickley EB, Barreto ML, Sanchez MN, Pescarini JM. Incidence and risk factors of tuberculosis among 420?854 household contacts of patients with tuberculosis in the 100 Million Brazilian Cohort (2004-18): a cohort study. Lancet Infect Dis. 2024 Jan; 24(1):46-56.
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Petros BA, Paull JS, Tomkins-Tinch CH, Loftness BC, DeRuff KC, Nair P, Gionet GL, Benz A, Brock-Fisher T, Hughes M, Yurkovetskiy L, Mulaudzi S, Leenerman E, Nyalile T, Moreno GK, Specht I, Sani K, Adams G, Babet SV, Baron E, Blank JT, Boehm C, Botti-Lodovico Y, Brown J, Buisker AR, Burcham T, Chylek L, Cronan P, Dauphin A, Desreumaux V, Doss M, Flynn B, Gladden-Young A, Glennon O, Harmon HD, Hook TV, Kary A, King C, Loreth C, Marrs L, McQuade KJ, Milton TT, Mulford JM, Oba K, Pearlman L, Schifferli M, Schmidt MJ, Tandus GM, Tyler A, Vodzak ME, Krohn Bevill K, Colubri A, MacInnis BL, Ozsoy AZ, Parrie E, Sholtes K, Siddle KJ, Fry B, Luban J, Park DJ, Marshall J, Bronson A, Schaffner SF, Sabeti PC. Multimodal surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 at a university enables development of a robust outbreak response framework. Med. 2022 Dec 09; 3(12):883-900.e13.
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Weaver SC, Byrne SS, Bruce H, Vargas OL, Robey TE. Prospective Case-control Study of Contact Tracing Speed for Emergency Department-based Contact Tracers. West J Emerg Med. 2022 Aug 24; 23(5):623-627.
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Caskey J, McConnell IL, Oguss M, Dligach D, Kulikoff R, Grogan B, Gibson C, Wimmer E, DeSalvo TE, Nyakoe-Nyasani EE, Churpek MM, Afshar M. Identifying COVID-19 Outbreaks From Contact-Tracing Interview Forms for Public Health Departments: Development of a Natural Language Processing Pipeline. JMIR Public Health Surveill. 2022 03 08; 8(3):e36119.
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Mutale W, Freeborn K, Graybill LA, Lusaka MM, Mollan KR, Mweemba O, Kasaro M, Lungu R, Kumwenda A, Saidi F, Powers KA, Maman S, Rosenberg NE, Chi BH. Addition of HIV self-test kits to partner notification services to increase HIV testing of male partners of pregnant women in Zambia: two parallel randomised trials. Lancet Glob Health. 2021 12; 9(12):e1719-e1729.
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Rumbaut Castillo R, Hurtado Gasc?n LC, Ruiz-Fuentes JL, Pastrana Fundora FM, Ram?rez Albaj?s CR, Henao-Mart?nez AF, Franco-Paredes C, Escobedo ?A. Leprosy in children in Cuba: Epidemiological and clinical description of 50 cases from 2012-2019. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2021 10; 15(10):e0009910.
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Barry CL, Anderson KE, Han H, Presskreischer R, McGinty EE. Change Over Time in Public Support for Social Distancing, Mask Wearing, and Contact Tracing to Combat the COVID-19 Pandemic Among US Adults, April to November 2020. Am J Public Health. 2021 05; 111(5):937-948.
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Grantz KH, Cummings DAT, Zimmer S, Vukotich C, Galloway D, Schweizer ML, Guclu H, Cousins J, Lingle C, Yearwood GMH, Li K, Calderone P, Noble E, Gao H, Rainey J, Uzicanin A, Read JM. Age-specific social mixing of school-aged children in a US setting using proximity detecting sensors and contact surveys. Sci Rep. 2021 01 27; 11(1):2319.
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