TY - JOUR N2 - Contact tracing is central to the public health response to COVID-19, but the approach taken has received criticism for failing to make enough of an impact on disease transmission. We discuss what can be learned from contact tracing in other infections, and how the natural history of COVID-19 should shape the strategies used. ID - discovery10122296 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.7861/clinmed.2020-0643 JF - Clinical Medicine Journal A1 - Brown, J A1 - Ring, K A1 - White, J A1 - Mackie, NE A1 - Abubakar, I A1 - Lipman, M KW - COVID-19 KW - contact tracing KW - public health TI - Contact tracing for SARS-CoV-2: what can be learned from other conditions? AV - public Y1 - 2021/03// VL - 21 SP - e132 EP - e136 IS - 2 N1 - This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher?s terms and conditions. ER -