Protective Effect of Maritime Quarantine in South Pacific Jurisdictions, 1918–19 Influenza Pandemic

We reviewed mortality data of the 1918–19 influenza pandemic for 11 South Pacific Island jurisdictions. Four of these appear to have successfully delayed or excluded the arrival of pandemic influenza by imposing strict maritime quarantine. They also experienced lower excess death rates than the othe...

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Autores principales: McLeod, Melissa A., Baker, Michael, Wilson, Nick, Kelly, Heath, Kiedrzynski, Tom, Kool, Jacob L.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2570822/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18325264
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1403.07-0927
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author McLeod, Melissa A.
Baker, Michael
Wilson, Nick
Kelly, Heath
Kiedrzynski, Tom
Kool, Jacob L.
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description We reviewed mortality data of the 1918–19 influenza pandemic for 11 South Pacific Island jurisdictions. Four of these appear to have successfully delayed or excluded the arrival of pandemic influenza by imposing strict maritime quarantine. They also experienced lower excess death rates than the other jurisdictions that did not apply quarantine measures.
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spelling pubmed-25708222009-01-13 Protective Effect of Maritime Quarantine in South Pacific Jurisdictions, 1918–19 Influenza Pandemic McLeod, Melissa A. Baker, Michael Wilson, Nick Kelly, Heath Kiedrzynski, Tom Kool, Jacob L. Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch We reviewed mortality data of the 1918–19 influenza pandemic for 11 South Pacific Island jurisdictions. Four of these appear to have successfully delayed or excluded the arrival of pandemic influenza by imposing strict maritime quarantine. They also experienced lower excess death rates than the other jurisdictions that did not apply quarantine measures. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2008-03 /pmc/articles/PMC2570822/ /pubmed/18325264 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1403.07-0927 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
spellingShingle Dispatch
McLeod, Melissa A.
Baker, Michael
Wilson, Nick
Kelly, Heath
Kiedrzynski, Tom
Kool, Jacob L.
Protective Effect of Maritime Quarantine in South Pacific Jurisdictions, 1918–19 Influenza Pandemic
title Protective Effect of Maritime Quarantine in South Pacific Jurisdictions, 1918–19 Influenza Pandemic
title_full Protective Effect of Maritime Quarantine in South Pacific Jurisdictions, 1918–19 Influenza Pandemic
title_fullStr Protective Effect of Maritime Quarantine in South Pacific Jurisdictions, 1918–19 Influenza Pandemic
title_full_unstemmed Protective Effect of Maritime Quarantine in South Pacific Jurisdictions, 1918–19 Influenza Pandemic
title_short Protective Effect of Maritime Quarantine in South Pacific Jurisdictions, 1918–19 Influenza Pandemic
title_sort protective effect of maritime quarantine in south pacific jurisdictions, 1918–19 influenza pandemic
topic Dispatch
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2570822/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18325264
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1403.07-0927
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