Comparative effectiveness of contact tracing interventions in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic review

F Pozo-Martin, MA Beltran Sanchez, SA Müller… - European Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Contact tracing is a non-pharmaceutical intervention (NPI) widely used in the control of the
COVID-19 pandemic. Its effectiveness may depend on a number of factors including the …

[HTML][HTML] A practical guide to mathematical methods for estimating infectious disease outbreak risks

E Southall, Z Ogi-Gittins, AR Kaye, WS Hart… - Journal of Theoretical …, 2023 - Elsevier
Mathematical models are increasingly used throughout infectious disease outbreaks to
guide control measures. In this review article, we focus on the initial stages of an outbreak …

Empirical evidence on the efficiency of backward contact tracing in COVID-19

J Raymenants, C Geenen, J Thibaut, K Nelissen… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Standard contact tracing practice for COVID-19 is to identify persons exposed to an infected
person during the contagious period, assumed to start two days before symptom onset or …

Assessing the mechanism of citywide test-trace-isolate Zero-COVID policy and exit strategy of COVID-19 pandemic

P Yuan, Y Tan, L Yang, E Aruffo, NH Ogden… - Infectious diseases of …, 2022 - Springer
Background Countries that aimed for eliminating the cases of COVID-19 with test-trace-
isolate policy are found to have lower infections, deaths, and better economic performance …

Efficacy and effectiveness of case isolation and quarantine during a growing phase of the COVID-19 epidemic in Finland

K Auranen, M Shubin, E Erra, S Isosomppi, J Kontto… - Scientific reports, 2023 - nature.com
Based on data collected as part of the contact tracing activity of the City of Helsinki
Epidemiological Operations Unit, we evaluated the efficacy and effectiveness of isolating …

Privacy-preserving individual-level covid-19 infection prediction via federated graph learning

W Fu, H Wang, C Gao, G Liu, Y Li, T Jiang - ACM Transactions on …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
Accurately predicting individual-level infection state is of great value since its essential role
in reducing the damage of the epidemic. However, there exists an inescapable risk of …

Evaluating the impact of test-trace-isolate for COVID-19 management and alternative strategies

K Zhang, Z ** review and interactive evidence gap map
D Duval, B Evans, A Sanders, J Hill… - Journal of Public …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Background Non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) were crucial in the response
to the COVID-19 pandemic, although uncertainties about their effectiveness remain. This …