"Contact Tracing" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Identification of those persons (or animals) who have had such an association with an infected person, animal, or contaminated environment as to have had the opportunity to acquire the infection. Contact tracing is a generally accepted method for the control of sexually transmitted diseases.
| Descriptor ID |
D016358
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E05.318.270 N06.850.520.270 N06.850.780.200.225
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| Concept/Terms |
Contact Tracing- Contact Tracing
- Tracing, Contact
- Infectious Disease Contact Tracing
- Communicable Disease Contact Tracing
Notification, Partner- Notification, Partner
- Notifications, Partner
- Partner Notifications
- Partner Notification
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2020 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2021 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Contact Tracing" by people in Profiles.
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Leveraging social networks for identification of people with HIV who are virally unsuppressed. AIDS. 2024 02 01; 38(2):245-254.
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Optimizing COVID-19 control with asymptomatic surveillance testing in a university environment. Epidemics. 2021 12; 37:100527.
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COVID-19 Contact Tracing Conundrums: Insights From the Front Lines. Am J Public Health. 2021 05; 111(5):917-922.
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Embedding a Linkage to Preexposure Prophylaxis Care Intervention in Social Network Strategy and Partner Notification Services: Results From a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2021 02 01; 86(2):191-199.
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Partner Notification Services for Patients with Established and New HIV Infection Leads to Diagnosis and Linkage of HIV-Positive Partners. AIDS Behav. 2021 Mar; 25(3):809-813.
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Spread of SARS-CoV-2 in the Icelandic Population. N Engl J Med. 2020 06 11; 382(24):2302-2315.
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Social network approaches to locating people recently infected with HIV in Odessa, Ukraine. J Int AIDS Soc. 2019 06; 22(6):e25330.
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A Network Intervention to Locate Newly HIV Infected Persons Within MSM Networks in Chicago. AIDS Behav. 2019 Jan; 23(1):15-20.
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Sexual, Social, and Genetic Network Overlap: A Socio-Molecular Approach Toward Public Health Intervention of HIV. Am J Public Health. 2018 11; 108(11):1528-1534.
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Human Immunodeficiency Virus Partner Notification Services Among a Representative Sample of Young Black Men Who Have Sex With Men Demonstrates Limited Service Offering and Potential Benefits of Clinic Involvement. Sex Transm Dis. 2018 09; 45(9):636-641.