contact tracing

verb

Meaning

To identify everyone with whom a person carrying an infectious disease has come into contact since contracting the disease.
The process of identification of persons ("contacts") who may have come into contact with a person carrying an infectious disease.

Etymology / origin

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Related words

contact-tracing(English)test and trace(English)epicontact(English)source control(English)contagion(English)self-quarantine(English)epidemic threshold(English)community spread(English)

Descendant words

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Sources

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