The effectiveness of contact tracing in emerging epidemics.
<h4>Background</h4>Contact tracing plays an important role in the control of emerging infectious diseases, but little is known yet about its effectiveness. Here we deduce from a generic mathematical model how effectiveness of tracing relates to various aspects of time, such as the course...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2006-12-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0000012 |