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Automated and partially-automated contact tracing: a rapid systematic review to inform the control of COVID-19

2020-05-28 public and global health Title + abstract only
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BackgroundAutomated or partially-automated contact tracing tools are being deployed by many countries to contain SARS-CoV-2; however, the evidence base for their use is not well-established. MethodsWe undertook a rapid systematic review of automated or partially-automated contact tracing, registered with PROSPERO (CRD42020179822). We searched PubMed, EMBASE, OVID Global Health, EBSCO COVID Portal, Cochrane Library, medRxiv, bioRxiv, arXiv and Google Advanced for articles relevant to COVID-19, S...

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