Evaluating the impact of test-trace-isolate for COVID-19 management and alternative strategies

• Main Authors: Zhang, Kun, Xia, Zhichu, Huang, Shudong, Sun, Gui-Quan, Lv, Jiancheng, Ajelli, Marco, Ejima, Keisuke, Liu, Quan-Hui
• Other Authors: Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (LKCMedicine)
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: Science::Medicine; COVID-19; Disease Control
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/170978
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

There are many contrasting results concerning the effectiveness of Test-Trace-Isolate (TTI) strategies in mitigating SARS-CoV-2 spread. To shed light on this debate, we developed a novel static-temporal multiplex network characterizing both the regular (static) and random (temporal) contact patterns...