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cord-303240-tv1ta3z5	Althoff, Keri N	Contact tracing: Essential to the public health response and our understanding of the epidemiology of COVID-19	2020-06-11		.txt	text/plain	1402	106	61	M a n u s c r i p t As the pandemic in the US continues to evolve, data from contact tracing can continue to inform our understanding about SARS-CoV-2 transmission and guide the public health response. Contact tracing that includes home-based molecular and/or serologic specimen collection to trigger isolation and quarantine may be especially critical when both testing and physical distancing are necessary to achieve the public health goals of epidemic control and mitigation of community transmission. "re-opening"), and test and trace strategies will again be deployed to facilitate epidemic control and interruption of SARS-CoV-2 transmission via isolation and quarantine. Test and trace initiatives will yield equally important information in the current phase of the epidemic as communities begins to "re-open." The contact tracers who will continue to log endless hours to protect the health of the population against COVID-19, and subsequently the stability of our healthcare systems, should be supported and commended.	./cache/cord-303240-tv1ta3z5.txt	./txt/cord-303240-tv1ta3z5.txt