Assistant Teaching Professor, School of Public Health, University of Missouri-Columbia School of Health Professions.
University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, Missouri.
Mo Med. 2021 Jan-Feb;118(1):81-84.
The public health community has used contact tracing to address pandemics since the eighteenth century. With the emergence of COVID-19, these classical skills are the primary defense for communities to limit morbidity and mortality during the pandemic. Here we describe the methods, strengths, and challenges of contact tracing.
公共卫生界自 18 世纪以来就一直使用接触者追踪来应对大流行病。随着 COVID-19 的出现，这些经典技能是社区在大流行期间限制发病率和死亡率的主要防御手段。在这里，我们描述接触者追踪的方法、优势和挑战。
