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Effectiveness of isolation, testing, contact tracing, and physical distancing on reducing transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in different settings: a mathematical modelling study

The Lancet Infectious Diseases · 2020 · Vol. 20(10) · pp. 1151–1160

Adam J. Kucharski✉(London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine)Petra Klepac(University of Cambridge)Andrew J. K. Conlan(University of Cambridge)Stephen M. Kissler(Harvard University)Maria Tang(University of Cambridge)Hannah Fry(University College London)Julia R. Gog(University of Cambridge)W. John Edmunds(London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine)Jon C. EmeryGraham F. MedleyJames D MundayTimothy RussellQuentin J. LeclercCharlie DiamondSimon R. ProcterAmy GimmaFiona Yueqian SunHamish GibbsAlicia RosellóKevin van ZandvoortStéphane HuéSophie MeakinArminder DeolGwen KnightThibaut JombartAnna M. FossNikos I BosseKatherine E. AtkinsBilly J. QuiltyRachel LoweKiesha PremStefan FlascheCarl A. B. PearsonRein M G J HoubenEmily NightingaleAkira EndoDamien C. TullyYang LiuJulian Villabona-ArenasKathleen O’ReillySebastian FunkRosalind M. EggoMark JitEleanor M. ReesJoel HellewellSamuel CliffordChristopher I JarvisSam AbbottMegan AuzenbergsNicholas G. DaviesDavid Simons

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Abstract

Wellcome Trust, UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, European Commission, Royal Society, Medical Research Council.

COVID-19 epidemiological studies COVID-19 Digital Contact Tracing Viral Infections and Outbreaks ResearchContact tracingIsolation (microbiology)QuarantineDistancingTransmission (telecommunications)PandemicBasic reproduction numberPopulationComputer scienceCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)

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BetacoronavirusCOVID-19SARS-CoV-2Communicable Disease ControlUnited KingdomHumansMass ScreeningModels, TheoreticalPatient IsolationPneumonia, ViralQuarantineIncidenceContact TracingCoronavirus InfectionsBasic Reproduction Number