ReviewComputers in biology and medicine2021
A survey of COVID-19 contact-tracing apps.
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14 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Data Management and Privacy Policy of COVID-19 Contact-Tracing Apps: Systematic Review and Content Analysis.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2022Pooled it
- Digital Survey-Based Tracing of COVID-19 Over the Early Pandemic: Comprehensive Geospatial and Symptomatic Analysis in Lebanon.JMIR public health and surveillance · 2025Article
- High-reward, high-risk technologies? An ethical and legal account of AI development in healthcare.BMC medical ethics · 2025Review
- Detailed assessment of night shift work aspects and potential mediators of its health effects: the contribution of field studies.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- An algorithm to build synthetic temporal contact networks based on close-proximity interactions data.PLoS computational biology · 2024Article
- The Roles of Trust in Government and Sense of Community in the COVID-19 Contact Tracing Privacy Calculus: Mixed Method Study Using a 2-Wave Survey and In-Depth Interviews.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2024Article
- Digital Point Solutions for Extending Contact Tracing Capacity.Sexually transmitted diseases · 2023Article
- Assessing the efficacy of health countermeasures on arrival time of infectious diseases.Infectious Disease Modelling · 2023Article
- Effectiveness, Policy, and User Acceptance of COVID-19 Contact-Tracing Apps in the Post-COVID-19 Pandemic Era: Experience and Comparative Study.JMIR public health and surveillance · 2022Article
- Public Attitudes Regarding Trade-offs Between the Functional Aspects of a Contact-Confirming App for COVID-19 Infection Control and the Benefits to Individuals and Public Health: Cross-sectional Survey.JMIR formative research · 2022Article
- Public Policy Measures to Increase Anti-SARS-CoV-2 Vaccination Rate in Russia.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- The impact of environmental risk and platform trust on satisfaction with health qr code use.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions against COVID-19 Pandemic: Review of Contact Tracing and Social Distancing Technologies, Protocols, Apps, Security and Open Research Directions.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
- Telemedicine and artificial intelligence to support self-isolation of COVID-19 patients: Recent updates and challenges.Digital healthReview
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Abstract
Recently, the sudden outbreak of the COVID-19 virus caused a major health crisis by affecting masses around the world. The virus, which is known to be highly contagious, has forced the research community and governments to fight the disease and take prompt actions by applying various strategies to keep the numbers under control. These strategies range from imposing strict social distancing measures, isolating infected cases, and enforcing either a partial or a full lockdown, to mathematical modeling and contact-tracing applications. In this work, we survey the current contact-tracing apps and organize them based on underlying technologies such as Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, GPS, geofencing, and Quick Response (QR) codes. We compare the main features of 22 existing applications and highlight each of the pros and cons associated with these different technologies.
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