Search results for "Contact tracing"
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Legal aspects of sexually transmitted diseases: abuse, partner notification and prosecution
2012
Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), with special emphasis to HIV infection, involve legal and ethical issues regarding informed consent to submit to a diagnostic, observance of professional secrecy in regard to partner(s) and community; legal troubles of particular difficulties are related to STD involving minors; lastly, physicians must be able to recognize the state of so called medical necessity. Knowledge and awareness of these related obligations are crucial to STD in medical practice; it is also important to allow for proper protection of victims of suspected sexual abuse under observation of healthcare. With regard to this aspect should be emphasized that violence against women and…
A `little world of your own': stigma, gender and narratives of venereal disease contact tracing
2008
As in other countries, in order to protect the public from venereal disease (syphilis and gonorrhoea), contact tracing in New Zealand has been a public health strategy since the mid-20th century. So far, scholars have predominantly focused on the aspect of control of the cases traced. Based on a rare interview with a female contact tracer, together with a range of archival material, this article aims to expand the scholarship by focusing on the tracer instead of the patient. Using Erving Goffman's original concept of `courtesy stigma', the article will show that his idea can be nuanced to take into account contact tracers and the ways in which this stigma can be refracted through gender. Wo…
Complete analysis of the epidemiological scenario around a SARS-CoV-2 reinfection: previous infection events and subsequent transmission
2021
9 páginas, 3 figuras. The data that support the findings of this study (Fastq files) are publicly available. Fastq files above the GISAID thresholds were deposited at GISAID (hCoV-19/Spain/MD-IBV-99007733/2020, hCoV-19/Spain/MD-IBV-99007151/2020, hCoV-19/Spain/MD-IBV-99007734/2020, and hCoV-19/Spain/MDIBV-99007170/2020). All sequences were also deposited at the ENA (European Nucleotide Archive; https:// www.ebi.ac.uk/ena/browser/home) (ERR5698024, ERR5697187, ERR6459974, ERR5698025, and ERR5697254).
Pooling of Nasopharyngeal Swab Specimens for SARS-CoV-2 detection by RT-PCR
2020
ABSTRACTSystematic testing of large population groups by RT-PCR is mandatory to Covid-19 case identification and contact tracing in order to minimize the likelyhood of resurgence in contagion. Sample pooling for RT-PCR has been effectively used to detect community transmission of SARS CoV-2. Nevertheless, this procedure may decrease the sensitivity of RT-PCR assays due to specimen dilution. We evaluated the efficacy of this strategy for diagnosis of Covid-19 using a sensitive commercially-available RT-PCR targeting SARS CoV-2 E and RdRp genes in a single reaction. A total of 20 mini-pools containing either 5 (n=10) or 10 (n=10) nasopharyngeal exudates collected in universal transport medium…
SALUTE E SICUREZZA NEI LUOGHI DI LAVORO: LE RISPOSTE INTEGRATE DEGLI ORDINAMENTI STATALE E INTERSINDACALE
2020
Il saggio analizza la risposta dell’ordinamento intersindacale all’emergenza epidemiologica da Covid-19 in materia di salute e sicurezza nei luoghi di lavoro attraverso una disamina del Protocollo del 24 aprile 2020, e delle prime applicazioni contrattualcollettive. Tecnicismi a parte, lo studio sottolinea come le misure pattuite dalle parti sociali specificano ed integrano gli obblighi inderogabili e generali di legge in materia di salute e sicurezza. Infine, il saggio si interroga sulla compatibilità tra meccanismi di contact tracing e privacy all'insegna di una prospettiva multi-livello. The essay focuses on the recent measures undertaken by social partners against Covid-19 in the field …
Emergenza sanitaria e trattamento dei dati personali
2020
Il saggio analizza le norme emergenziali di contrasto della pandemia da COVID-19 che hanno un impatto sui dati personali dei cittadini, verificandone la conformità alla disciplina generale europea e nazione sulla protezione dei dati personali e la loro influenza. Lo studio dedica particolare attenzione all’analisi del sistema di tracciamento dei contagi delineato dall’art. 6 d.l. 29 aprile 2020, n. 28 e convertito nella legge 25.6.2020, n. 70 e alle sue ricadute sulla protezione dell’individuo rispetto alla circolazione dei dati personali. The essay analyzes the emergency provisions againsts the COVID-19 pandemic that have an impact on citizens' personal data, verifying their compliance wit…
Use of ICT to support epidemiological surveillance on a community of university students during SARS-CoV-2 phase 3 pandemic
2021
Populations documenting to date low incidence rates of SARS-CoV-2 infection are immunologically susceptible and at high exposure risk of new COVID-19 outbreaks during phase 3 of the pandemic. Following the experience documented by other countries with regard to the use of Information Communication Technology (ICT) to counteract the current pandemic, Italy has implemented a contact tracing system based on a mobile application. In this work, we describe the proposal of a complementary ICT-based prototypal model of COVID-19 prevention and surveillance system, involving the university students as sentinels acting both in the academic community and the general population.
Figure del contagio. Dalle topografie mediche al contact tracing: trasformazioni nell’architettura e nel paesaggio urbano
2021
Ita_Il tracciamento del contagio, fra le più efficaci forme globali di difesa dal coronavirus, viene ripercorso mettendo in luce il rapporto fra pensiero architettonico e spazio delle epidemie negli ultimi due secoli. La relazione fra la diffusione delle malattie e le forme del costruito è stata infatti compresa nella seconda metà dell’Ottocento attraverso le mappature tematiche, secondo metodi ancora oggi in evoluzione. A partire dalle topografie mediche comparse per la prima volta in Francia nel XIX secolo, interpolate con le intuizioni di J. Snow sulla base delle mappe da lui elaborate nello stesso periodo in Inghilterra, si evidenziano i modi di formazione di un regime di sapere teso fr…
The global flood of COVID-19 contact tracing apps: sailing with human rights and data protection standards against the wind of mass surveillance
2021
Research background: Countries all around the world are rapidly introducing contact tracing apps and other surveillance technologies to tackle the spread of COVID-19 raising serious concerns about human rights and democratic principles. Purpose of the article: The article aims to analyse how human rights and data protection law regulate the COVID-19 contact tracing apps and reveal the biggest challenges that countries face in applying the essential requirements. Methods: The article will analyse the legal framework and compare many guidance documents issued by the international organisations, including the Council of Europe, the OECD and many EU institutions on the data protection requireme…