Effectiveness of testing, contact tracing and isolation interventions among the general population on reducing transmission of SARS-CoV-2: a systematic review

H Littlecott, C Herd, J O'Rourke… - … of the Royal …, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
We conducted a systematic literature review of general population testing, contact tracing,
case isolation and contact quarantine interventions to assess their effectiveness in reducing …

Ten years of telehealth and digital healthcare: Where are we?

D Giansanti - Healthcare, 2023 - mdpi.com
Due to the development of the technological innovation of devices, availability of
increasingly performing networks, improvement of the digitization processes, and the push …

Immunity Agent-Based Model (IABM) for epidemiological systems

MN Gonzaga, MM de Oliveira, APF Atman - Chaos, Solitons & Fractals, 2023 - Elsevier
COVID-19 was one of the pandemic episodes that has afflicted humanity in the last centuries
and may not be the last. In science, the intense spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus boosted the …

Use of a digital contact tracing system in Singapore to mitigate COVID-19 spread

BWK Chow, YD Lim, RCH Poh, A Ko, GH Hong… - BMC Public Health, 2023 - Springer
Background Contact tracing has been essential to reducing spread of COVID-19. Singapore
leveraged technology to assist with contact tracing efforts using a Bluetooth-based app and …

[HTML][HTML] Investigation of an international water polo tournament in Czechia as a potential source for early introduction of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant into Belgium …

C Rudin, N Bollen, SL Hong, F Wegner… - …, 2023 - eurosurveillance.org
Background The earliest recognised infections by the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant (Pango
lineage B. 1.1. 529) in Belgium and Switzerland suggested a connection to an international …

Inter-relationships among individual views of COVID-19 control measures across multi-cultural contexts

J Huang, MP Kwan, Z Kan, M Kieu, J Lee… - Social Science & …, 2024 - Elsevier
Individual-level georeferenced data have been widely used in COVID-19 control measures
around the world. Recent research observed that there is a trade-off relationship between …

Time trends and modifiable factors of COVID-19 contact tracing coverage, Geneva, Switzerland, June 2020 to February 2022

D Mongin, N Bürgisser, DS Courvoisier… - …, 2024 - eurosurveillance.org
Background Contact tracing was one of the central non-pharmaceutical interventions
implemented worldwide to control the spread of SARS-CoV-2, but its effectiveness depends …

[HTML][HTML] On the contact tracing for COVID-19: a simulation study

L Berec, T Diviák, A Kuběna, R Levínský, R Neruda… - Epidemics, 2023 - Elsevier
Background: Contact tracing is one of the most effective non-pharmaceutical interventions in
the COVID-19 pandemic. This study uses a multi-agent model to investigate the impact of …

The emergence and successful elimination of SARS-CoV-2 dominant strains with increasing epidemic potential in Taiwan's 2021 outbreak

CR Yang, SY Chang, YN Gong, CG Huang, TH Tung… - Heliyon, 2023 - cell.com
Taiwan's experience with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV) in
2003 guided its development of strategies to defend against SARS-CoV-2 in 2020, which …

Remote surveillance and detection of SARS-CoV-2 transmission among household members in King County, Washington

A Emanuels, AM Casto, J Heimonen, J O'Hanlon… - BMC Infectious …, 2024 - Springer
Background Early during the COVID-19 pandemic, it was important to better understand
transmission dynamics of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. Household …