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Article: Protective effect of maritime quarantine in South Pacific jurisdictions, 1918-19 influenza pandemic.(DISPATCHES)
- Article from:
- Emerging Infectious Diseases
- Article date:
- March 1, 2008
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CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2008 U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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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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Recent pandemic plan development by many countries suggests the international concern about pandemic influenza (1). However, no work has been published to date to inform such planning by evaluating islands' border control practices to prevent the arrival of pandemic influenza. Yet border ...