A New Measure for Assessing the Public Health Response to a Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Outbreak

Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health

关键词: Contact tracing;    Quarantine;    Isolation;    Surveillance;    Transmission;    Republic of Korea;   

DOI  :  10.3961/jpmph.15.069

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Contact monitoring is an essential component of the public health response to a Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus outbreak, and is required for an effective quarantine to contain the epidemic. The timeliness of a quarantine is associated with its effectiveness. This paper provides a conceptual framework to describe the process of contact monitoring, and proposes a new measure called the “timely quarantined proportion” as a tool to assess the adequacy of a public health response.

【 授权许可】

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