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Quantifying the impact of community quarantine on SARS transmission in Ontario: estimation of secondary case count difference and number needed to quarantine

BACKGROUND: Community quarantine is controversial, and the decision to use and prepare for it should be informed by specific quantitative evidence of benefit. Case-study reports on 2002-2004 SARS outbreaks have discussed the role of quarantine in the community in transmission. However, this literatu...

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Autores principales: Bondy, Susan J, Russell, Margaret L, Laflèche, Julie ML, Rea, Elizabeth
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2808319/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20034405
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-9-488