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Article: Legal authorities for isolation and quarantine--information from CDC.(Technical Briefs)
- Article from:
- Journal of Environmental Health
- Article date:
- April 1, 2006
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Introduction
* Isolation and quarantine are two common public health strategies designed to protect the public by preventing exposure to infected or potentially infected people.
* In general, isolation refers to the separation of people who have a specific infectious illness from those who are healthy, as well as restriction of their movement, to stop the spread of the illness. Today, isolation is a standard procedure used for patients with tuberculosis and certain other infectious diseases.
* Quarantine, by contrast, generally refers to the separation and restriction of movement of people who, while not yet ill, have been exposed to an ...