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.

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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.

Descriptor ID	D016358
MeSH Number(s)	E05.318.270 N06.850.520.270 N06.850.780.200.225
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

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Contact Tracing".

Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment [E]
Investigative Techniques [E05]
Epidemiologic Methods [E05.318]
Contact Tracing [E05.318.270]
Health Care [N]
Environment and Public Health [N06]
Public Health [N06.850]
Epidemiologic Methods [N06.850.520]
Contact Tracing [N06.850.520.270]
Public Health Practice [N06.850.780]
Communicable Disease Control [N06.850.780.200]
Contact Tracing [N06.850.780.200.225]

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Bar chart showing 12 publications over 9 distinct years, with a maximum of 2 publications in 2015 and 2020 and 2022

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2006	1	0	1
2007	1	0	1
2008	0	1	1
2015	1	1	2
2017	0	1	1
2018	0	1	1
2020	1	1	2
2021	0	1	1
2022	0	2	2

Below are the most recent publications written about "Contact Tracing" by people in Profiles.

Shenoy ES, Wright SB, Barbeau DN, Foster LA, King AD, Gordon PS, Mehrotra P, Pepe DE, Caroff DA, Kim LR, McGrath SE, Courtney A, Fahy M, Hooper DC, Macdonald K, Searle EF, Shearer JA, Zachary KC, Bouton L, Cumming M, Hopkins B, Jacoboski J, Mann E, Osborne M, Perez C, Schultz J, Scotland S, Traphagen E, Madoff LC, Brown CM. Contact Tracing and Exposure Investigation in Response to the First Case of Monkeypox Virus Infection in the United States During the 2022 Global Monkeypox Outbreak. Ann Intern Med. 2022 12; 175(12):1639-1647.

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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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Siddle KJ, Krasilnikova LA, Moreno GK, Schaffner SF, Vostok J, Fitzgerald NA, Lemieux JE, Barkas N, Loreth C, Specht I, Tomkins-Tinch CH, Paull JS, Schaeffer B, Taylor BP, Loftness B, Johnson H, Schubert PL, Shephard HM, Doucette M, Fink T, Lang AS, Baez S, Beauchamp J, Hennigan S, Buzby E, Ash S, Brown J, Clancy S, Cofsky S, Gagne L, Hall J, Harrington R, Gionet GL, DeRuff KC, Vodzak ME, Adams GC, Dobbins ST, Slack SD, Reilly SK, Anderson LM, Cipicchio MC, DeFelice MT, Grimsby JL, Anderson SE, Blumenstiel BS, Meldrim JC, Rooke HM, Vicente G, Smith NL, Messer KS, Reagan FL, Mandese ZM, Lee MD, Ray MC, Fisher ME, Ulcena MA, Nolet CM, English SE, Larkin KL, Vernest K, Chaluvadi S, Arvidson D, Melchiono M, Covell T, Harik V, Brock-Fisher T, Dunn M, Kearns A, Hanage WP, Bernard C, Philippakis A, Lennon NJ, Gabriel SB, Gallagher GR, Smole S, Madoff LC, Brown CM, Park DJ, MacInnis BL, Sabeti PC. Transmission from vaccinated individuals in a large SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant outbreak. Cell. 2022 02 03; 185(3):485-492.e10.

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Shamash Z, Catallozzi M, Dayan PS, Chernick LS. Preferences for Expedited Partner Therapy Among Adolescents in an Urban Pediatric Emergency Department: A Mixed-Methods Study. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2021 Mar 01; 37(3):e91-e96.

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Pfefferle S, G?nther T, Kobbe R, Czech-Sioli M, N?rz D, Santer R, Oh J, Kluge S, Oestereich L, Peldschus K, Indenbirken D, Huang J, Grundhoff A, Aepfelbacher M, Knobloch JK, L?tgehetmann M, Fischer N. SARS Coronavirus-2 variant tracing within the first Coronavirus Disease 19 clusters in northern Germany. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2021 Jan; 27(1):130.e5-130.e8.

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Fisher KA, Tenforde MW, Feldstein LR, Lindsell CJ, Shapiro NI, Files DC, Gibbs KW, Erickson HL, Prekker ME, Steingrub JS, Exline MC, Henning DJ, Wilson JG, Brown SM, Peltan ID, Rice TW, Hager DN, Ginde AA, Talbot HK, Casey JD, Grijalva CG, Flannery B, Patel MM, Self WH. Community and Close Contact Exposures Associated with COVID-19 Among Symptomatic Adults =18 Years in 11 Outpatient Health Care Facilities - United States, July 2020. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2020 Sep 11; 69(36):1258-1264.

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Rao DW, Hughes JP, Brady K, Golden MR. The Potential Impact of One-Time Routine HIV Screening on Prevention and Clinical Outcomes in the United States: A Model-Based Analysis. Sex Transm Dis. 2020 05; 47(5):306-313.

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Honigberg MC, Westlake AA, Griffin GK, Vaidya A, Johnson JA. A Lump in the Neck. N Engl J Med. 2018 Jul 26; 379(4):e8.

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Szkwarko D, Hirsch-Moverman Y, Du Plessis L, Du Preez K, Carr C, Mandalakas AM. Child contact management in high tuberculosis burden countries: A mixed-methods systematic review. PLoS One. 2017; 12(8):e0182185.

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Wagner TH, Taylor T, Cowgill E, Asch SM, Su P, Bokhour B, Durfee J, Martinello RA, Maguire E, Elwy AR. Intended and unintended effects of large-scale adverse event disclosure: a controlled before-after analysis of five large-scale notifications. BMJ Qual Saf. 2015 May; 24(5):295-302.

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