Contact tracing

In epidemiology, contact tracing is the identification and diagnosis of persons who may have come into contact with an infected person. For sexually transmitted diseases, this is generally limited to sexual partners but for highly virulent diseases such as Ebolaand tuberculosis, a thorough contact tracing would require information regarding casual contacts.

Some AIDSactivists have argued that contact tracing is counter-productive in that it would lead persons to avoid seeking medical treatment for fear that it would breach their right to privacy.

External links

• Contact tracing and epidemics control in social networks (PDF)
• The Doctor's World; Sex, Privacy And Tracking H.I.V. Infections

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It uses material from the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contact+tracing Wikipedia article Contact tracing.