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Public Health Unpacked
PHU 006: Contact Tracing - What, Why, How
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Emmanuel Joseph Fong (MD, MPH, DrPH)
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Episode 6
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Contact tracing is one of the cornerstone of infectious disease outbreak control.
In this episode, we'll unpack the What, Why, and How of Contact Tracing. We'll also discuss the factors that determine the extent of contact tracing and draw examples from COVID-19 as well as dengue fever.
Concepts from PHU 002: Epidemiological Triad of Disease Causation will be used here as well (here https://www.buzzsprout.com/1729639/episodes/8208709 )
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Intro
Contact tracing - What
Backward and Forward tracing
Contact tracing - Why
Contact tracing - How extensive?
Examples of how contact tracing is done based on certain factors
Using the Epidemiological Triad of disease causation as a filter in contact tracing
Example - Dengue fever contact tracing
Contact tracing - Summary