Test and contact tracing: two wings to get rid of COVID-۱۹ pandemic, until we get the vaccine

  • سال انتشار: 1399
  • محل انتشار: مجله عوامل اجتماعی موثر بر سلامت، دوره: 6، شماره: 1
  • کد COI اختصاصی: JR_JSDI-6-1_017
  • زبان مقاله: انگلیسی
  • تعداد مشاهده: 123
دانلود فایل این مقاله

نویسندگان

Ehsan Shojaeefar

Men's health and reproductive health research center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences Tehran, Iran- Immunology Board for Transplantation and Advanced Cellular Therapeutics (ImmunoTACT), Universal Scientific and Education Network (USERN), Te

Niloofar Motamed

The Persian Gulf Nuclear Medicine Research Center, The Persian Gulf Biomedical Research Institute, Bushehr University of Medical Sciences, Bushehr, Iran- Department of Community Medicine, School of medicine, Bushehr University of Medical Sciences, Bushehr

Narges Malih

Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

چکیده

The most important COVID-۱۹ diagnostic test, RT-PCR, detects the presence of the SARS-CoV-۲ genome in the upper respiratory tract. Extensively performing the COVID-۱۹ RT-PCR test is one of the key indicators of success in controlling the newly emerged pandemic. Meanwhile, according to the worldometers webpage, Iran with about ۴۹,۰۰۰ tests per million people, ranked ۱۱۴th in the world (August, ۲۰۲۰) (۱).Extensive testing alone is not enough for the control of the COVID-۱۹ pandemic; a much more important indicator called "contact tracing" and its subsequent safety measures must be accompanied to control this unbridled virus. Testing and contact tracing are the two wings of flight to get out of this crisis. If the test is performed but the patient's previous communications are not being traced and subsequent safety precautions are not being taken, we are wasting the costs of the tests. While widespread, accessible, free of charge, public, and active RT-PCR testing, is quite cost-effective if being accompanied by contact tracing of positive samples (۲).

کلیدواژه ها

sustainable developmen

مقالات مرتبط جدید

اطلاعات بیشتر در مورد COI

COI مخفف عبارت CIVILICA Object Identifier به معنی شناسه سیویلیکا برای اسناد است. COI کدی است که مطابق محل انتشار، به مقالات کنفرانسها و ژورنالهای داخل کشور به هنگام نمایه سازی بر روی پایگاه استنادی سیویلیکا اختصاص می یابد.

کد COI به مفهوم کد ملی اسناد نمایه شده در سیویلیکا است و کدی یکتا و ثابت است و به همین دلیل همواره قابلیت استناد و پیگیری دارد.