Determining the acceptability of testing contacts of confirmed COVID-19 cases to improve secondary case ascertainment | Zendy

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Determining the acceptability of testing contacts of confirmed COVID-19 cases to improve secondary case ascertainment

Author(s) -

Elizabeth Marchant,

Derren Ready,

G Wimbury,

Rachael Smithson,

André Charlett,

Isabel Oliver

Publication year - 2021

Publication title -

journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.916

H-Index - 82

eISSN - 1741-3850

pISSN - 1741-3842

DOI - 10.1093/pubmed/fdab079

Subject(s) - contact tracing , medicine , test (biology) , public health , asymptomatic , covid-19 , family medicine , surgery , pathology , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty) , paleontology , biology

UK asymptomatic contacts of confirmed COVID-19 cases are not routinely tested for SARS-CoV-2. Testing contacts may improve case ascertainment and reduce onward transmission. This study investigated the acceptability of SARS-CoV-2 testing among contacts of confirmed cases as an integral part of the contact-tracing process.

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