https://scholars.lib.ntu.edu.tw/handle/123456789/113621
標題: | Quarantine for SARS, Taiwan | 作者: | Hsieh, Ying-Hen King, Chwan-Chuan Chen, Cathy W. S. Ho, Mei-Shang Lee, Jen-Yu Liu, Feng-Chi Wu, Yi-Chun |
公開日期: | 2005 | 起(迄)頁: | 278-282 | 來源出版物: | Emerging Infectious Diseases | 摘要: | During the 2003 outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in Taiwan, >150,000 persons were quarantined, 24 of whom were later found to have laboratory-confirmed SARS-coronavirus (SARS-CoV) infection. Since no evidence exists that SARS-CoV is infective before the onset of symptoms and the quarantined persons were exposed but not symptomatic, we thought the quarantine's effectiveness should be investigated. Using the Taiwan quarantine data, we found that the onset-to-diagnosis time of previously quarantined confirmed case-patients was significantly shortened compared to that for those who had not been quarantined. Thus, quarantine for SARS in Taiwan screened potentially infective persons for swift diagnosis and hospitalization after onset, thereby indirectly reducing infections. Full-scale quarantine measures implemented on April 28 led to a significant improvement in onset-to-diagnosis time of all SARS patients, regardless of previous quarantine status. We discuss the temporal effects of quarantine measures and other interventions on detection and isolation as well as the potential usefulness of quarantine in faster identification of persons with SARS and in improving isolation measures. |
URI: | http://ntur.lib.ntu.edu.tw//handle/246246/210064 | DOI: | 10.3201/eid1102.040190 | SDG/關鍵字: | article; disease course; hospitalization; human; infection control; laboratory diagnosis; SARS coronavirus; severe acute respiratory syndrome; symptomatology; Taiwan; virus detection; virus isolation |
顯示於: | 流行病學與預防醫學研究所 |
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