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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)
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.