Selected article for: "contact tracing and quarantine contact tracing"

Author: Pai Liu; Payton Beeler; Rajan K Chakrabarty
Title: COVID-19 Progression Timeline and Effectiveness of Response-to-Spread Interventions across the United States
  • Document date: 2020_3_20
  • ID: 6ymuovl2_12
    Snippet: (2) wherein a forecast of epidemic dynamics in China was made. The influence of transmissibility reduction on state-wise epidemic dynamics is uniform. Reduction in disease transmissibility can be achieved via a variety of control measures. For example, individual level measures include practices such as improving personal hygiene and maintaining social distance. Studies of past epidemics have shown that individual-scale control measures as simple.....
    Document: (2) wherein a forecast of epidemic dynamics in China was made. The influence of transmissibility reduction on state-wise epidemic dynamics is uniform. Reduction in disease transmissibility can be achieved via a variety of control measures. For example, individual level measures include practices such as improving personal hygiene and maintaining social distance. Studies of past epidemics have shown that individual-scale control measures as simple as hand washing can reduce the risk of non-specific respiratory infection by 6%-44%, and was an effective method to control the transmissibility of SARS (25, 26) . Another frequently adopted individual level practice is the use of masks, however, till date no consensus has been reached on its effectiveness (27) (28) (29) . Community level interventions include strategies such as contact tracing and quarantine, business and school closure, and restricting mass public gatherings.

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