Forward thinking on backward tracing

Publication date

2021-05

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Müller, Johannes
Kretzschmar, MEEORCID 0000-0002-4394-7697ISNI 0000000008454198

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Abstract

SARS, MERS and now SARS-CoV-2 are unlikely to be the last emerging infections we face during our lifetimes. Tracing contacts both forward and backward through our heterogeneous populations will prove essential to future response strategies.

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Taverne, General Physics and Astronomy

Citation

Müller, J & Kretzschmar, M 2021, 'Forward thinking on backward tracing', Nature Physics, vol. 17, no. 5, pp. 555-556. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-021-01188-1