A population-based controlled experiment assessing the epidemiological impact of digital contact tracing

A population-based controlled experiment assessing the epidemiological impact of digital contact tracing

While Digital contact tracing (DCT) has been argued to be a valuable complement to manual tracing in the containment of COVID-19, no empirical evidence of its effectiveness is available to date. Here, the authors report the results of a 4-week population-based controlled experiment, where they asses...

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Main Authors: Pablo Rodríguez, Santiago Graña, Eva Elisa Alvarez-León, Manuela Battaglini, Francisco Javier Darias, Miguel A. Hernán, Raquel López, Paloma Llaneza, Maria Cristina Martín, RadarCovidPilot Group, Oriana Ramirez-Rubio, Adriana Romaní, Berta Suárez-Rodríguez, Javier Sánchez-Monedero, Alex Arenas, Lucas Lacasa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-01-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-20817-6
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Summary:While Digital contact tracing (DCT) has been argued to be a valuable complement to manual tracing in the containment of COVID-19, no empirical evidence of its effectiveness is available to date. Here, the authors report the results of a 4-week population-based controlled experiment, where they assessed the impact of the Spanish DCT app.
ISSN:2041-1723

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