Contact Tracing
MESHD016358
Identification of those persons (or animals) who have had such an association with an infected person, animal, or contaminated environment as to have had the opportunity to acquire the infection.
Synonyms
- Tracing, Contact
- Communicable Disease Contact Tracing
- Contact Investigation
- Investigation, Contact
- Contact Screening
- Screening, Contact
- Infectious Disease Contact Tracing
- Notification, Partner
- Partner Notifications
- Partner Notification
- Index Case Epidemiology
- Epidemiology, Index Case
- Index Patient Epidemiology
- Epidemiology, Index Patient
- Patient Zero Epidemiology
- Epidemiology, Patient Zero
- Close Contact Epidemiology
- Epidemiology, Close Contact
- Person Under Investigation Epidemiology
- PUI Epidemiology
- Epidemiology, PUI
Source last updated 2026-05-24T15:26:01.302Z