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Contagion VigilanceThu, Oct 4, 2001; by David Stodolsky. Automation of Contagion Vigilance Abstract The very long latency between HIV infection and the appearance of AIDS imposes extensive information processing requirements on partner notification efforts. The apparently contradictory needs of maintaining the right to privacy of infected persons, while simultaneously providing information to persons at risk of infection, impose severe security requirements. These requirements can be satisfied by a Contagion Management System based upon networked personal computers of a kind now becoming available. Security of information is based upon cryptographic protocols that implement anonymous partner notification (contact tracing) and Privacy-Preserving Negotiation. The proposed scheme has the following properties: (a) Contact tracing is automated, (b) contacts remain anonymous, (c) sensitive information is kept private, and (d) risk-conscious users act as if sensitive information was public. Optimal health protection can thus be obtained while securing informational rights. Citation: Stodolsky, D. S. (1997). Automation of Contagion Vigilance. Methods of Information in Medicine, 36(3), 220-232. http://dss.secureid.org/stories/storyReader$18
Previous proposal: Contagion Management System Abstract Real-time disease surveillance is a prerequisite for an effective response to epidemic outbreaks. Our objective is to demonstrate the feasibility of a Contagion Management System based upon peer-to-peer computer networking. Proposed user interaction features are tested with an operational simulation based upon GSM telephony. Simulation effectiveness is measured by reduction in sexually transmitted diseases. Design of a system capable of tracing airborne disease is developed. http://isi.secureid.org/discuss/msgReader$63 Registration Required. PDF available at the bottom of the above page.
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