Modeling Control Strategies of Respiratory Pathogens

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Pourbohloul, Babak ; Meyers, Lauren Ancel ; Skowronski, Danuta M. ; Krajden, Mel ; Patrick, David M. ; Brunham, Robert C.
• Description:
  Effectively controlling infectious diseases requires quantitative comparisons of quarantine, infection control precautions, case identification and isolation, and immunization interventions. We used contact network epidemiology to predict the effect of various control policies for a mildly contagious disease, such as severe acute respiratory syndrome, and a moderately contagious disease, such as smallpox. The success of an intervention depends on the transmissibility of the disease and the contact pattern between persons within a community. The model predicts that use of face masks and general vaccination will only moderately affect the spread of mildly contagious diseases. In contrast, quarantine and ring vaccination can prevent the spread of a wide spectrum of diseases. Contact network epidemiology can provide valuable quantitative input to public health decisionmaking, even before a pathogen is well characterized.
• Subjects:
  Disease Outbreaks Disease Transmission, Infectious Humans Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-To-Professional Infectious Disease Transmission, Professional-To-Patient Masks Models, Biological Patient Isolation Public Health Quarantine Respiratory Tract Infections Urban Population

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 11(8):1249-1256.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  British Columbia, Canada
• Volume:
  11
• Issue:
  8
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:ace959b5efcf66ff780bbb7988ed4546d3de9793206938c352c5622af8daba8e
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/14670/cdc_14670_DS1.pdf
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