| Descriptor English: | Contact Tracing | ||||||
| Descriptor Spanish: |
Trazado de Contacto
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| Descriptor Portuguese: | Busca de Comunicante | ||||||
| Descriptor French: | Traçage des contacts | ||||||
| Entry term(s): |
Close Contact Epidemiology Communicable Disease Contact Tracing Contact Investigation Contact Screening Epidemiology, Close Contact Epidemiology, Index Case Epidemiology, Index Patient Epidemiology, PUI Epidemiology, Patient Zero Index Case Epidemiology Index Patient Epidemiology Infectious Disease Contact Tracing Investigation, Contact Notification, Partner Notifications, Partner PUI Epidemiology Partner Notification Partner Notifications Patient Zero Epidemiology Person Under Investigation Epidemiology Screening, Contact Tracing, Contact |
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| Tree number(s): |
E05.318.270 N06.850.520.270 N06.850.780.200.225 |
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| RDF Unique Identifier: | https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D016358 | ||||||
| Scope note: | Identification of those persons (or animals) who have had such an association with an infected person, animal, or contaminated environment as to have had the opportunity to acquire the infection. |
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| Annotation: | coordinate with disease /epidemiol or /transm |
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| Allowable Qualifiers: |
EC economics ES ethics HI history IS instrumentation LJ legislation & jurisprudence MT methods SN statistics & numerical data TD trends VE veterinary |
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| Previous Indexing: |
Sexually Transmitted Diseases/prevention & control (1966-1990) specific disease/prevention & control (1972-1990) specific infection/prevention & control (1986-1990) |
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| Public MeSH Note: | 91 |
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| History Note: | 91 |
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| DeCS ID: | 28897 | ||||||
| Unique ID: | D016358 | ||||||
| Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): | Click here to access the VHL documents | ||||||
| Date Established: | 1991/01/01 | ||||||
| Date of Entry: | 1990/08/02 | ||||||
| Revision Date: | 2020/06/30 |
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ANALYTICAL, DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC TECHNIQUES, AND EQUIPMENT
Investigative Techniques [E05]Investigative Techniques
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Contact Tracing
- Preferred
Notification, Partner
- Narrower
Index Case Epidemiology
- Related but not broader or narrower
Close Contact Epidemiology
- Related but not broader or narrower
Person Under Investigation Epidemiology
- Related but not broader or narrower
| Concept UI |
M0025015 |
| Scope note | Identification of those persons (or animals) who have had such an association with an infected person, animal, or contaminated environment as to have had the opportunity to acquire the infection. |
| Preferred term | Contact Tracing |
| Entry term(s) |
Communicable Disease Contact Tracing Contact Investigation Contact Screening Infectious Disease Contact Tracing Investigation, Contact Screening, Contact Tracing, Contact |
| Concept UI |
M0025016 |
| Preferred term | Notification, Partner |
| Entry term(s) |
Notifications, Partner Partner Notification Partner Notifications |
| Concept UI |
M000731745 |
| Scope note | The first identified case or patient in a communicable disease outbreak. |
| Preferred term | Index Case Epidemiology |
| Entry term(s) |
Epidemiology, Index Case Epidemiology, Index Patient Epidemiology, Patient Zero Index Patient Epidemiology Patient Zero Epidemiology |
| Concept UI |
M000731746 |
| Preferred term | Close Contact Epidemiology |
| Entry term(s) |
Epidemiology, Close Contact |
| Concept UI |
M000732087 |
| Preferred term | Person Under Investigation Epidemiology |
| Entry term(s) |
Epidemiology, PUI PUI Epidemiology |
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