Effectiveness of Contact Tracing for Viral Disease Mitigation and Suppression: Evidence-Based Review.
Kelly Jean Thomas CraigRubina F RizviVan C WillisWilliam J KasslerGretchen Purcell JacksonPublished in: JMIR public health and surveillance (2021)
Timely deployment of contact tracing strategically layered with other nonpharmaceutical interventions could be an effective public health tool for mitigating and suppressing infectious outbreaks by decreasing viral disease incidence, transmission, and resulting hospitalizations and mortality.