Was mandatory quarantine necessary in China for controlling the 2009 H1N1 pandemic?

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 4690-4700

  Li, Xinhai ^a   Geng, Wenjun ^b   Tian, Huidong ^a   Lai, Dejian ^c,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b Jiangsu Simcere Diagnostics Co   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d JIANGXI UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

Author keywords

2009 H1N1 pandemic; China; Prevention policy; Quarantine

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE INCIDENCE; DISEASE SPREAD; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FUTURE PROSPECT; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; HEALTH GEOGRAPHY; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; INFLUENZA; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; STATE ROLE;

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; ARTICLE; CHINA; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; POLICY; SIMULATION;

BEIJING [BEIJING (ADS)]; BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA;

CHINA; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PANDEMICS; QUARANTINE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84885157748     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph10104690     Document Type: Article

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