CMMID: Implication of backward contact tracing in the presence of overdispersed transmission in COVID-19 outbreaks, 10 June 2020
Paper prepared by Centre for the Mathematical Modelling of Infectious Diseases (CMMID) COVID-19 Working Group.
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Paper from the Centre for the Mathematical Modelling of Infectious Diseases (CMMID) working group within LSHTM modelling the effectiveness of forward and backward tracing for SARS-CoV-2 control. This paper was available for participants to read at SAGE 41 on 11 June 2020, but not considered or discussed in the meeting. As new evidence or data emerges, SAGE updates its advice accordingly.
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