Epidemic Models of Contact Tracing: Systematic Review of Transmission Studies of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome and Middle East Respiratory Syndrome

Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal

Volumn 17, Issue , 2019, Pages 186-194

  Kwok, Kin On ^a   Tang, Arthur ^b   Wei, Vivian W I ^a   Park, Woo Hyun ^c   Yeoh, Eng Kiong ^a   Riley, Steven ^d  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^c The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (South Korea)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contact Tracing; Coronavirus Epidemics; MERS; SARS; Transmission Modelling

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH;

CONTACT TRACING; CORONAVIRUS EPIDEMIC; CORONAVIRUSES; EPIDEMIC MODELING; FOLLOW UP; MIDDLE EAST; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRANSMISSION MODEL;

CORONAVIRUS;

ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; BASIC REPRODUCTION NUMBER; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CONTACT EXAMINATION; EARLY INTERVENTION; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCUBATION TIME; INFECTION CONTROL; LATENT PERIOD; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUARANTINE; REVIEW; SCOPUS; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 85061366399     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20010370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csbj.2019.01.003     Document Type: Review

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