Selected article for: "epidemic control and reproductive number"

Author: Corey M Peak; Lauren M Childs; Yonatan H Grad; Caroline O Buckee
Title: Containing Emerging Epidemics: a Quantitative Comparison of Quarantine and Symptom Monitoring
  • Document date: 2016_8_31
  • ID: 2j4z5rp8_34
    Snippet: Although our results focus on the early stages of an outbreak, contact tracing, symptom monitoring, and quarantine are often key tools for end-stage epidemic control and elimination. As the effective reproductive number decreases below one (e.g. via depletion of susceptible individuals, complementary interventions, seasonality, etc.), our results suggest the preference for quarantine also decreases (Fig 4) . However, one must consider aspects suc.....
    Document: Although our results focus on the early stages of an outbreak, contact tracing, symptom monitoring, and quarantine are often key tools for end-stage epidemic control and elimination. As the effective reproductive number decreases below one (e.g. via depletion of susceptible individuals, complementary interventions, seasonality, etc.), our results suggest the preference for quarantine also decreases (Fig 4) . However, one must consider aspects such as geographic containment, public compliance, and, if the availability of resources lags the epidemic curve, a possible resource-per-case surplus that may enable the more conservative and costly approach of quarantine.

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