"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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| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2020 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2021 | 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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The Novel Coronavirus and Undocumented Farmworkers in the United States. New Solut. 2021 05; 31(1):9-15.
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Predictive value of TNF-a, IFN-?, and IL-10 for tuberculosis among recently exposed contacts in the United States and Canada. BMC Infect Dis. 2020 Jul 31; 20(1):553.
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Balancing health privacy, health information exchange, and research in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2020 06 01; 27(6):963-966.
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The Potential Impact of One-Time Routine HIV Screening on Prevention and Clinical Outcomes in the United States: A Model-Based Analysis. Sex Transm Dis. 2020 05; 47(5):306-313.
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Reaching people with undiagnosed HIV infection through assisted partner notification. AIDS. 2017 11 13; 31(17):2436-2437.
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Improving HIV test uptake and case finding with assisted partner notification services. AIDS. 2017 08 24; 31(13):1867-1876.
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Immunoglobulin A (IgA) and IgG immune responses against P-90 antigen for diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis and screening for Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection. Clin Diagn Lab Immunol. 2004 Jan; 11(1):94-7.