contact tracer
noun[C]
uk/ˈkɒn.tækt ˌtreɪ.sər/us/ˈkɑːn.tækt ˌtreɪ.sɚ/apersonwhosejobis tofindany otherpeoplethat aninfectedpersonhasmetor hadclosecontactwith, usually inordertocontrolthespreadof aninfectiousdisease:
接触者追踪员Thousands of newcontacttracerswereenlistedtocommunicatewithpeoplewhotestpositivefor coronavirus.新近征召了几千名接触者追踪员，任务是与新冠病毒测试阳性的人沟通。
You arerequiredtoinformthecontacttracerof thenamesof anyoneelselivingatyouraddress.你被要求向接触者追踪员报告所有和你住在同一地址的人的姓名。
- Contacttracersreportedthat manypeopleflatlyrefusedtosharedetailsoftheircontacts.
- Ateamof 50contacttracersisworkingtohelpcholerapatientsandcontactsdisinfecttheirhomes,treattheirwaterandlearnsafepracticestoavoidtransmission.
- Forsexuallytransmittedinfections,contacttracersneed alistofsexualcontactsof theindexcase, as well as anybabiesbornto theindexcase.
- If thepatientrefusestodivulgetheirHIVstatustocontactswho may be atrisk, thedoctorcanadvisethe HealthDepartment, which willdispatchanofficialcalled a "contacttracer".
- Casemanagementsoftwareis often used bycontacttracerstomaintainrecordsofcases.
Passing on illness & causing disease
- aerosolize
- catching
- community transmission
- contact tracing
- disseminator
- epidemic
- fomite
- harbour
- infected
- insalubrious
- noncontagious
- pass on
- percent positive
- pestilential
- positivity rate
- transmit
- transmittable
- unhygienic
- verminous
- virally