Contact tracing reveals community transmission of COVID-19 in New York City

Sen Pei; Sasikiran Kandula; Jaime Cascante Vega; Wan Yang; Steffen Foerster; Corinne Thompson; Jennifer Baumgartner; Shama Desai Ahuja; Kathleen Blaney; Jay K. Varma; Theodore Long; Jeffrey Shaman

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-34130-x

Nature Communications (Oct 2022)

Contact tracing reveals community transmission of COVID-19 in New York City

Sen Pei,
Sasikiran Kandula,
Jaime Cascante Vega,
Wan Yang,
Steffen Foerster,
Corinne Thompson,
Jennifer Baumgartner,
Shama Desai Ahuja,
Kathleen Blaney,
Jay K. Varma,
Theodore Long,
Jeffrey Shaman

Affiliations

Sen Pei: Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University
Sasikiran Kandula: Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University
Jaime Cascante Vega: Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University
Wan Yang: Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University
Steffen Foerster: New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH)
Corinne Thompson: New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH)
Jennifer Baumgartner: New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH)
Shama Desai Ahuja: Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University
Kathleen Blaney: New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH)
Jay K. Varma: Department of Population Health Sciences, Weill Cornell Medical College
Theodore Long: NYC Health + Hospitals
Jeffrey Shaman: Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-34130-x
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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In this study, the authors analyse contact tracing records for ~650,000 suspected or confirmed COVID-19 cases in New York City during the second epidemic wave. They reconstruct transmission networks and find that vaccination and zone-based control policies likely contributed to control of the epidemic.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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