COVID-19 Contact Tracing Strategies During the First Wave of the Pandemic: Systematic Review of Published Studies.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Contact tracing (CT) represented one of the core activities for the prevention and control of COVID-19 in the early phase of the pandemic. Several guidance documents were developed by international public health agencies and national authorities on the organization of COVID-19 CT activities. While most research on CT focused on the use digital tools or relied on modelling techniques to estimate the efficacy of interventions, poor evidence is available on the real-world implementation of CT strategies and on the organizational models adopted during the initial phase of the emergency to set up CT activities.

Objective

We aimed to provide a comprehensive picture of the organizational aspects of CT activities during the first wave of the pandemic through the systemati

SUBMITTER: Amicosante AMV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10337430 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature