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Alternative Title:
Emerg Infect Dis
Corporate Authors:
World Health Organization Writing Group
Description:
The World Health Organization's recommended pandemic influenza interventions, based on limited data, vary by transmission pattern, pandemic phase, and illness severity and extent. In the pandemic alert period, recommendations include isolation of patients and quarantine of contacts, accompanied by antiviral therapy. During the pandemic period, the focus shifts to delaying spread and reducing effects through population-based measures. Ill persons should remain home when they first become symptomatic, but forced isolation and quarantine are ineffective and impractical. If the pandemic is severe, social distancing measures such as school closures should be considered. Nonessential domestic travel to affected areas should be deferred. Hand and respiratory hygiene should be routine; mask use should be based on setting and risk, and contaminated household surfaces should be disinfected. Additional research and field assessments during pandemics are essential to update recommendations. Legal authority and procedures for implementing interventions should be understood in advance and should respect cultural differences and human rights.
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Adult
Child
Child Day Care Centers
Community Medicine
Crowding
Disease Outbreaks
Disinfection
Hand Disinfection
Humans
Hygiene
Influenza, Human
Masks
Policy Review
Quarantine
Schools
Travel

Source:
Emerg Infect Dis. 12(1):88-94.
Document Type:
Journal Article
Name as Subject:
World Health Organization.
Place as Subject:
United States
Collection(s):
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Main Document Checksum:
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