Contact tracing: Unearthing key epidemiological features of COVID-19.

Pranav IshSumita AgrawalAkhil Dhnaesh Goel Juvva Kishan Srikanth

Published in: SAGE open medical case reports (2020)

COVID-19 is an emerging global pandemic with a steady rise in both morbidity and mortality over the past few months. Contact tracing of COVID-19 patients is an essential task to mitigate the spread. The following case was one of the initial patients reported from India and details the importance of contact tracing, timely testing and adequate quarantine/isolation in disease control.

Keyphrases

sars cov
coronavirus disease
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
respiratory syndrome coronavirus
chronic kidney disease
newly diagnosed
prognostic factors
peritoneal dialysis