Concept information
Preferred term
Quarantine
Type
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Definition
- 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 the detention of animals at frontiers or ports of entrance for the prevention of infectious disease. (From Black's Veterinary Dictionary, 17th ed)
Broader concept
Entry terms
- Cordon Sanitaire
- Lockdown, Health
- Stay at Home Orders
Allowable Qualifier(s)
- classification (Qualifier)
- economics (Qualifier)
- ethics (Qualifier)
- history (Qualifier)
- legislation & jurisprudence (Qualifier)
- methods (Qualifier)
- organization & administration (Qualifier)
- psychology (Qualifier)
- standards (Qualifier)
- statistics & numerical data (Qualifier)
- trends (Qualifier)
- veterinary (Qualifier)
In other languages
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French
URI
http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-KHWD4S09-Q
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