 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.
| Descriptor ID |
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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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Contact Tracing" by people in UAMS Profiles by year, and whether "Contact Tracing" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2020 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2002 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Contact Tracing" by people in Profiles over the past ten years.
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Muzny CA, Pontius A, Woznicki N, Hudak KE, Lensing SY, Sobel JD, Schwebke JR. Use of a Novel Couples' Verification Tool in a Male Partner Treatment Study of Women With Recurrent Bacterial Vaginosis. Sex Transm Dis. 2020 12; 47(12):e58-e61.
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Niccolai L, Shelby T, Weeks B, Schenck C, Goodwin J, Hennein R, Rossini M, Vazquez J, van Rhijn D, Meek J, Bond M. Community Trace: Rapid Establishment of a Volunteer Contact Tracing Program for COVID-19. Am J Public Health. 2021 01; 111(1):54-57.
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Ipe TS, Le T, Quinn B, Kellar S, Clark M, Carlisle S, Rassmann A, Hennigan S, Ridenour T, Roberts A, Avery D, Ryan S, Pearson S, Kothari A, Patil N. Provision of COVID-19 Convalescent Plasma in a Resource-Constrained State. Transfusion. 2020 12; 60(12):2828-2833.
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Guzzetta G, Ajelli M, Yang Z, Mukasa LN, Patil N, Bates JH, Kirschner DE, Merler S. Effectiveness of contact investigations for tuberculosis control in Arkansas. J Theor Biol. 2015 Sep 07; 380:238-46.
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