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. 2021 Jan-Feb;118(1):81-84.

Lessons from Contact Tracing in Mid-Missouri

Lynelle Phillips  1 , Kelsey R Knobbe  2 , Brittany N Carson  2 , Lucas Jorgensen  2 , Sarah Truong  3 , Jenna Mitchell  3 , Albert L Hsu  4
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Lessons from Contact Tracing in Mid-Missouri

Lynelle Phillips et al. Mo Med. 2021 Jan-Feb.

Abstract

The public health community has used contact tracing to address pandemics since the eighteenth century. With the emergence of COVID-19, these classical skills are the primary defense for communities to limit morbidity and mortality during the pandemic. Here we describe the methods, strengths, and challenges of contact tracing.

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