Health Care

Quarantine

Limited freedom of movement of individuals to reduce the risk of spread of communicable disease by those who have been exposed to infectious or communicable disease in order to prevent its spread; a period of detention of vessels, vehicles, or travelers coming from infected or suspected places; and detention or isolation on account of suspected contagion. It includes government regulations on travel restrictions, border security measures to mitigate spread of a contagion and the detention of animals at frontiers or ports of entrance for the prevention of infectious disease. (From Black's Veterinary Dictionary, 17th ed)

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Limited freedom of movement of individuals to reduce the risk of spread of communicable disease by those who have been exposed to infectious or communicable disease in order to prevent its spread; a period of detention of vessels, vehicles, or travelers coming from infected or suspected places; and detention or isolation on account of suspected contagion. It includes government regulations on travel restrictions, border security measures to mitigate spread of a contagion and the detention of animals at frontiers or ports of entrance for the prevention of infectious disease. (From Black's Veterinary Dictionary, 17th ed)

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28 entry terms
  • Cordon Sanitaire
  • Lockdown, Health
  • Stay at Home Orders
  • Health Lockdown
  • Health Lockdowns
  • Quarantines
  • Border Closing, Health-Related
  • Border Travel Restrictions, Health-Related
  • Health-Related Border Travel Restrictions
  • Health-Related Travel Restriction
  • Health-Related Travel Restrictions
  • Self-Quarantine
  • Travel Restriction, Health
  • Travel Restrictions, Health-Related
  • Border Closing, Health Related
  • Border Closings, Health-Related
  • Border Travel Restrictions, Health Related
  • Health Related Border Travel Restrictions
  • Health Related Travel Restriction
  • Health Related Travel Restrictions
  • Health Travel Restriction
  • Health Travel Restrictions
  • Health-Related Border Closing
  • Health-Related Border Closings
  • Self Quarantine
  • Travel Restriction, Health-Related
  • Travel Restrictions, Health
  • Travel Restrictions, Health Related

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Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, methods, organization & administration, psychology, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends, veterinary.

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human or animal

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  1. N06.850w.780.200.725w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Quarantine. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D011790. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D011790
  2. Quarantine. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quarantine
  3. Quarantine. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q182899