一种评估接触者追踪精度的新方法:在比利时对COVID-19的接触者追踪计划的基因验证

Jonathan Thibaut1, Fabiana Gámbaro2, Caspar Geenen1

  • 1KU Leuven, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, Laboratory of Clinical Microbiology, Herestraat 49, Leuven 3000, Belgium.

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概括

根据基因组分析,COVID-19 (冠状病毒疾病2019) 的接触追踪仅在34.6%的时间内准确地确定了传播链. 这凸显了监测接触者追踪精度的必要性,以实现有效的公共卫生战略.

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