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語源

Back-formation from contact tracing.

動詞

contact trace (三人称単数 現在形 contact traces, 現在分詞 contact tracing, 過去形および過去分詞形 contact traced)

1. (epidemiology) To identify everyone with whom a person carrying an infectious disease has come into contact since contracting the disease.
   • 2021 January 13, Jen Sotolongo, “Washington’s gyms and fitness centers reopened this week, but COVID-19 closures have them struggling to stay alive”, in The Seattle Times‎^[1]:

     “We’ve had over 15 million check-ins across the country since June, and have yet to have a COVID breakout or case that is contact-traced back to our club,” Sanft said.

   • 2021 January 17, Rosita Boland, “‘I got a burning smell in my nose’: Third-wave Covid-19 patients share their experiences”, in The Irish Times‎^[2]:

     Sarah is 49 and lives in Dublin in a household of five. “A household member had been contact traced via text,” she says. “I fell ill on the night of the December 28th. I had a night of fever; of being hot and cold, feeling very achey and fluey. I had been fine during the day, but during the night, the symptoms came on relatively quickly.”

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