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- Title
Optimizing Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Response Strategies: Lessons Learned From Quarantine.
- Authors
Wang, Tsung-Hsi; Wei, Kuo-Chen; Hsiung, Chao Agnes; Maloney, Susan A.; Eidex, Rachel Barwick; Posey, Drew L.; Chou, Wei-Hui; Shih, Wen-Yi; Kuo, Hsu-Sung
- Abstract
Taiwan used quarantine as 1 of numerous interventions implemented to control the outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome in 2003. From March 18 to July 31, 2003, 147526 persons were placed under quarantine. Quarantining only persons with known exposure to people infected with severe acute respiratory syndrome could have reduced the number of persons quarantined by approximately 64%. Focusing quarantine efforts on persons with known or suspected exposure can greatly decrease the number of persons placed under quarantine, without substantially compromising its yield and effectiveness. (Am J Public Health. 2007;97:S98-S100. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2005.082115)
- Subjects
TAIWAN; QUARANTINE; SARS disease; PREVENTION of communicable diseases; PUBLIC health laws; RISK factors of epidemics; PATIENTS; GOVERNMENT policy
- Publication
American Journal of Public Health, 2007, Vol 97, pS98
- ISSN
0090-0036
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2105/AJPH.2005.082115