ReviewRevista espanola de salud publica2020
[Digital surveillance tools for contact tracking of infected persons by SARS-CoV-2.]
Review in Revista espanola de salud publica, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
What it found
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Who cites it
5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- COVID-19 Mobile Apps: A Systematic Review of the Literature.Journal of medical Internet research · 2020Pooled it
- Emerging advances in biosecurity to underpin human, animal, plant, and ecosystem health.iScience · 2023Review
- A Survey on harnessing the Applications of Mobile Computing in Healthcare during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Challenges and Solutions.Computer networks · 2023Review
- Effectiveness of Contact Tracing for Viral Disease Mitigation and Suppression: Evidence-Based Review.JMIR public health and surveillance · 2021Review
- Attitudes Toward Using COVID-19 mHealth Tools Among Adults With Chronic Health Conditions: Secondary Data Analysis of the COVID-19 Impact Survey.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2020Article
Corrections and comments
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Authors and funding
4 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
backgroundIn times of pandemic, case management and tracking people with contact can be differential elements for controlling the spread. The objective of this review was to evaluate the digital tools used to track contacts of people infected with SARS-CoV-2.
methodsA systematic exploratory review was conducted in the electronic databases Pubmed, Scopus and Web of Science on May 29, 2020 through the descriptors: coronavirus, digital surveillance and contact tracing. A total of 11 studies were finally selected.
resultsThe results showed that some countries are implementing digital tools for contact tracking through mobile apps that allow user data to be shared via the device's GPS and/or Bluetooth. The terms on the privacy and confidentiality of the population data are, in some cases, questionable.
conclusionsThe use of digital surveillance tools to track contacts of people infected with an infectious disease, such as SARS-CoV-2, can be key to reducing the number of people infected and reducing the spread of the virus.
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