Svensk definition
Identifiering av personer eller djur som haft sådan kontakt med smittad person, smittat djur eller smittsam miljö att de haft tillfälla att bli infekterade. Smittspårning är en vedertagen metod för kontroll av sexuellt överförda sjukdomar.
Engelsk definition
Identification of those persons (or animals) who have had such an association with an infected person, animal, or contaminated environment as to have had the opportunity to acquire the infection.
Svenska synonymer
Kontaktspårning — Partnerspårning — Partnermeddelande
Engelska synonymer
Tracing, Contact — Contact Investigation — Investigation, Contact — Contact Screening — Screening, Contact — Communicable Disease Contact Tracing — Infectious Disease Contact Tracing — Person Under Investigation Epidemiology — PUI Epidemiology — Epidemiology, PUI — Close Contact Epidemiology — Epidemiology, Close Contact — Notification, Partner — Partner Notifications — Partner Notification — Index Case Epidemiology — Epidemiology, Index Case — Index Patient Epidemiology — Epidemiology, Index Patient — Patient Zero Epidemiology — Epidemiology, Patient Zero