Science in the time of COVID-19: Reflections on the UK Events Research Programme

Journal article

We conducted a systematic literature review of general population testing, contact tracing, case isolation and contact quarantine interventions to assess their effectiveness in reducing SARS-CoV-2 transmission, as implemented in real-world settings. We designed a broad search strategy and aimed to identify peer-reviewed studies of any design provided there was a quantitative measure of effectiveness on a transmission outcome. Studies that assessed the effect of testing or diagnosis on disease...

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Authors: Marteau, TM; Parker, MJ; Edmunds, WJ

• Publication status: Published
• Peer review status: Peer reviewed
• Publisher: Nature Research
• Journal: Nature Communications
• Volume: 13
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 4700-4700
• Article number: 4700
• Publication date: 2022-08-10
• DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-32366-1
• EISSN: 2041-1723
• ISSN: 2041-1723
• Language: English
• Keywords: History; Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2); Coronavirus Infections; Football; Telecommunications; Betacoronavirus; Virology; Transmission (telecommunications); Pathology; Pandemic; Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19); Computer science; Public health; 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak; Medical education; Mass gathering; Outbreak; Medicine