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Editor, Senior Moderator
Emerg Infect Dis
. 2023 Jan 13;29(2).
doi: 10.3201/eid2902.220959. Online ahead of print.
Estimated Cases Averted by COVID-19 Digital Exposure Notification, Pennsylvania, USA, November 8, 2020-January 2, 2021
Seonghye Jeon, Gabriel Rainisch, A-Mac Harris, Jared Shinabery, Muneeza Iqbal, Amar Pallavaram, Stacy Hilton, Saugat Karki, Patrick K Moonan, John E Oeltmann, Martin I Meltzer
Abstract
We combined field-based data with mathematical modeling to estimate the effectiveness of smartphone-enabled COVID-19 exposure notification in Pennsylvania, USA. We estimated that digital notifications potentially averted 7-69 cases/1,000 notifications during November 8, 2020-January 2, 2021. Greater use and increased compliance could increase the effectiveness of digital notifications.
Keywords: COVID-19; Pennsylvania; SARS; SARS-CoV-2; United States; cases averted; coronavirus; coronavirus disease; digital exposure notification; respiratory infections; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; viruses; zoonoses.
. 2023 Jan 13;29(2).
doi: 10.3201/eid2902.220959. Online ahead of print.
Estimated Cases Averted by COVID-19 Digital Exposure Notification, Pennsylvania, USA, November 8, 2020-January 2, 2021
Seonghye Jeon, Gabriel Rainisch, A-Mac Harris, Jared Shinabery, Muneeza Iqbal, Amar Pallavaram, Stacy Hilton, Saugat Karki, Patrick K Moonan, John E Oeltmann, Martin I Meltzer
- PMID: 36639132
- DOI: 10.3201/eid2902.220959
Abstract
We combined field-based data with mathematical modeling to estimate the effectiveness of smartphone-enabled COVID-19 exposure notification in Pennsylvania, USA. We estimated that digital notifications potentially averted 7-69 cases/1,000 notifications during November 8, 2020-January 2, 2021. Greater use and increased compliance could increase the effectiveness of digital notifications.
Keywords: COVID-19; Pennsylvania; SARS; SARS-CoV-2; United States; cases averted; coronavirus; coronavirus disease; digital exposure notification; respiratory infections; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; viruses; zoonoses.