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  • Epidemiology
  • Public Health Technology
  • Infectious Disease Dynamics

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  • Contact tracing is a cornerstone of infectious disease prevention and control.
  • Effective tracing systems rapidly identify and isolate infected and high-risk individuals, mitigating widespread outbreaks.
  • Visualizing disease transmission networks aids in understanding spread, predicting trends, and optimizing control strategies.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review the evolution and challenges of current contact tracing technologies.
  • To analyze contact tracing from individual and group, static and dynamic perspectives.
  • To identify future research directions for next-generation epidemic control.

Main Methods:

  • Comprehensive review of existing contact tracing literature.
  • Categorization of methods into static/dynamic and individual/group contact tracing.
  • Analysis of technological advancements and limitations.

Main Results:

  • Current contact tracing encompasses static and dynamic approaches for both individual and group interactions.
  • Significant challenges remain in achieving comprehensive and efficient tracing.
  • Emerging areas like multi-view, multi-scale, and AI-based tracing show promise.

Conclusions:

  • Contact tracing technology is crucial for managing infectious disease outbreaks.
  • Further research into advanced tracing methods is essential for future epidemic preparedness.
  • AI-driven and multi-faceted approaches are key to next-generation disease control.