Ebola-Contact tracing

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About the search

Responsible

BIREME

Description

These are all efforts that need to be in place to identify and track the chain of transmission within the first 72 of reporting a confirmed/suspected case. According to the Consolidated Checklist for Ebola Virus Disease Preparedness available: http://www.who.int/csr/resources/publications/ebola/ebola-preparedness-checklist/en/

Main subjects

Ebola, Contact Tracing, Trazado de Contacto, Busca de Comunicante

Search result

Búsqueda de los contactos

Search strategy

iAHx search strategy

(Ebola$ (humanos or humans) (("Contact Tracing" or "Trazado de Contacto" or "Busca de Comunicante" or ti:contacto$ or ti:contact$ or ti:contato$ or Quarantine or Cuarentena or Quarentena or "human movement" or household$ or "RAGIDA Project") OR ((mh:"Controle Sanitario de Aeroportos e Aeronaves" or mh:"Controle Sanitario de Fronteiras" or mh:"Controle Sanitario de Portos e Embarcacoes" or mh:"saneamento de Portos" or mh:"Areas de Fronteira" or mh:aeroportos or mh:viagem or ti:portos or ti:aeroporto$or ti:aeropuerto$ or ti:fronteira$ or ti:border or ti:borders or ti:frontera$ or ti:aircraft or ti:airplane or ti:aeronave) (Control$ r Contato$ or Contact$ or Quarantine or Cuarentena or Quarentena or "human movement" or household$))))

Databases

MEDLINE, LILACS, CDSR - Cochrane Systematic Reviews Database, CENTRAL Controlled Clinical Trials : CENTRAL Controlled Clinical Trials, DARE - Database of Abstracts of Review of Effects, NHS Economic Evaluations Database, HTA - Health Technology Assessment Database, WHOLIS (WHO Library Database), PAHO (PAHO Library Database)