Contact transmission of Covid-19 in South Korea: Novel investigation techniques for tracing contacts

Ok Park; Young Joon Park; Shin Young Park; Young Man Kim; Jieun Kim; Jin Lee; Eunmi Park; Dongwook Kim; Byoung Hak Jeon; Boyeong Ryu; Daehyeon Ko; Eunyoung Kim; Hwami Kim; Hyeyoung Lee; Jin Gwack; Joongho Jo; Jung Hyun Lee; Junghee Hyun; Jungwoo Kim; Jae Kyung Park; Sangeun Lee; Seong Sun Kim; Seung Hwan Shin; Seung Woo Choi; Taeyoung Kim; Un Na Kim; Yeonhee Woo; Yeowon Jin; Yoon Suk Jang; Youngjoon Park; Minwoo Yum

doi:10.24171/j.phrp.2020.11.1.09

Contact transmission of Covid-19 in South Korea: Novel investigation techniques for tracing contacts

Ok Park^*
, Young Joon Park
, Shin Young Park
, Young Man Kim
, Jieun Kim
, Jin Lee
, Eunmi Park
, Dongwook Kim
, Byoung Hak Jeon
, Boyeong Ryu
, Daehyeon Ko
, Eunyoung Kim
, Hwami Kim
, Hyeyoung Lee
, Jin Gwack
, Joongho Jo
, Jung Hyun Lee
, Junghee Hyun
, Jungwoo Kim
, Jae Kyung Park

Sangeun Lee, Seong Sun Kim, Seung Hwan Shin, Seung Woo Choi, Taeyoung Kim, Un Na Kim, Yeonhee Woo, Yeowon Jin, Yoon Suk Jang, Youngjoon Park, Minwoo Yum

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

In the epidemiological investigation of an infectious disease, investigating, classifying, tracking, and managing contacts by identifying the patient’s route are important for preventing further transmission of the disease. However, omissions and errors in previous activities can occur when the investigation is performed through only a proxy interview with the patient. To overcome these limitations, methods that can objectively verify the patient’s claims (medical facility records, Global Positioning System, card transactions, and closed-circuit television) were used for the recent ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 contact investigations in South Korea.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	60-63
Number of pages	4
Journal	Osong Public Health and Research Perspectives
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.24171/j.phrp.2020.11.1.09
State	Published - 2020

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Keywords

2019 novel coronavirus infection
Contact tracing
Global positioning system
Infectious disease
Medical records

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Park, O., Park, Y. J., Park, S. Y., Kim, Y. M., Kim, J., Lee, J., Park, E., Kim, D., Jeon, B. H., Ryu, B., Ko, D., Kim, E., Kim, H., Lee, H., Gwack, J., Jo, J., Lee, J. H., Hyun, J., Kim, J., ... Yum, M. (2020). Contact transmission of Covid-19 in South Korea: Novel investigation techniques for tracing contacts. Osong Public Health and Research Perspectives, (1), 60-63. https://doi.org/10.24171/j.phrp.2020.11.1.09

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