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MeSH Heading: Contact Tracing
Tree Number(s): E05.318.270; N06.850.520.270; N06.850.780.200.225
Unique ID: D016358
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D016358
Annotation: coordinate with disease /‌epidemiol or /‌transm
Scope Note: 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.
Entry Term(s): Close Contact Epidemiology; Communicable Disease Contact Tracing; Contact Investigation; Contact Screening; Index Case Epidemiology; Index Patient Epidemiology; Infectious Disease Contact Tracing; Notification, Partner; PUI Epidemiology; Partner Notification; Patient Zero Epidemiology; Person Under Investigation Epidemiology
Previous Indexing: Sexually Transmitted Diseases/prevention & control (1966-1990); specific disease/prevention & control (1972-1990); specific infection/prevention & control (1986-1990)
Public MeSH Note: 91
History Note: 91
Date Established: 1991/01/01
Date of Entry: 1990/08/02
Revision Date: 2020/06/30

Allowable Qualifiers: economics (EC)

ethics (ES)

history (HI)

instrumentation (IS)

legislation & jurisprudence (LJ)

methods (MT)

statistics & numerical data (SN)

trends (TD)

veterinary (VE)

Concept UI: M0025015
Scope Note: 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.
Terms: Contact Tracing Preferred Term
Term UI T048881
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID; Contact Investigation
Term UI T001006235
Date01/27/2020
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Contact Screening
Term UI T001006234
Date01/27/2020
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Communicable Disease Contact Tracing
Term UI T048880
Date04/24/1990
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1991); Infectious Disease Contact Tracing
Term UI T048882
Date04/24/1990
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1991)

Contact Tracing MeSH Descriptor Data 2023