The challenges of containing SARS-CoV-2 via test-trace-and-isolate

Sebastian Contreras; Jonas Dehning; Matthias Loidolt; Johannes Zierenberg; F. Paul Spitzner; Jorge H. Urrea-Quintero; Sebastian B. Mohr; Michael Wilczek; Michael Wibral; Viola Priesemann

doi:10.1038/s41467-020-20699-8

Nature Communications (Jan 2021)

The challenges of containing SARS-CoV-2 via test-trace-and-isolate

Sebastian Contreras,
Jonas Dehning,
Matthias Loidolt,
Johannes Zierenberg,
F. Paul Spitzner,
Jorge H. Urrea-Quintero,
Sebastian B. Mohr,
Michael Wilczek,
Michael Wibral,
Viola Priesemann

Affiliations

Sebastian Contreras: Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization
Jonas Dehning: Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization
Matthias Loidolt: Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization
Johannes Zierenberg: Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization
F. Paul Spitzner: Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization
Jorge H. Urrea-Quintero: Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization
Sebastian B. Mohr: Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization
Michael Wilczek: Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization
Michael Wibral: Campus Institute for Dynamics of Biological Networks, University of Göttingen
Viola Priesemann: Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-20699-8
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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Test, trace, and isolate programmes are central to COVID-19 control. Here, Viola Priesemann and colleagues evaluate how to allocate scarce resources to keep numbers low, and find that if case numbers exceed test, trace and isolate capacity, there will be a self-accelerating spread.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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