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Contact Tracing

Medical Definition:	Identification of those persons (or animals) who have had such an association with an infected person, animal, or contaminated environment as to have had the opportunity to acquire the infection. Contact tracing is a generally accepted method for the control of sexually transmitted diseases.
Guide Notes:	IM; coord with disease /epidemiol or /transm (IM)
Also Called:	Notification, Partner
Previously Indexed:	Sexually Transmitted Diseases/prevention & control (1966-1990),specific disease/prevention & control (1972-1990),specific infection/prevention & control (1986-1990)

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