contact tracing
process of finding and identifying people in close contact with someone who is infected with a transmissible pathogen
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contact tracing
Summary
contact tracing ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (998 views/month).[1]
Key Facts
- contact tracing's field of work was public health[2].
- contact tracing is a type of non-pharmaceutical intervention[3].
- contact tracing is a type of troubleshooting[4].
- contact tracing is a type of tracing[5].
- contact tracing is used for social distancing[6].
- contact tracing is used for disease surveillance[7].
- contact tracing's Commons category is recorded as Contact tracing[8].
- contact tracing's facet of is recorded as communicable disease control[9].
- contact tracing's facet of is recorded as troubleshooting[10].
- contact tracing's different from is recorded as proximity contact tracing[11].
- contact tracing's different from is recorded as COVID-19 app[12].
- contact tracing's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject COVID-19[13].
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Definition and Type
Recorded subclass of include non-pharmaceutical intervention[3], troubleshooting[4], and tracing[5].
Use and Application
Recorded has use include social distancing[6] and disease surveillance[7].
Why It Matters
contact tracing ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (998 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] It is known by 30 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]