@article{Quilty_B-2021_93483,
title = {Quarantine and testing strategies in contact tracing for SARS-CoV-2: a modelling study},
author = {Quilty, B. and Clifford, S. and Hellewell, J. and Russell, T. and Kucharski, A. and Flasche, S. and Edmunds, W. and CMMID COVID-19 Working Group},
month = {mar},
year = {2021},
abstract = {Background: In most countries, contacts of confirmed COVID-19 cases are asked to quarantine for 14 days after exposure to limit asymptomatic onward transmission. While theoretically effective, this policy places a substantial social and economic burden on both the individual and wider society, which might result in low adherence and reduced policy effectiveness. We aimed to assess the merit of testing contacts to avert onward transmission and to replace or reduce the length of quarantine for uninfected contacts.},
pages = {e175-e183},
volume = {6},
issue = {3},
journal = {The Lancet Public Health},
publisher = {Elsevier},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1016/S2468-2667(20)30308-X},
}
