Quarantine Methods and Prevention of Secondary Outbreak of Pandemic (H1N1) 2009

Abstract

During the 2009 influenza (H1N1) pandemic, some countries used quarantine for containment or mitigation. Of 152 quarantined university students we studied, risk for illness was higher for students quarantined in a room with a person with a confirmed case; we found no difference between students quarantined in double or single rooms.

Keywords

• Outbreak
• pandemic (H1N1) 2009
• influenza
• viruses
• quarantine
• isolation