"Quarantine" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Restriction of freedom of movement of individuals 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, through a period of isolation before being allowed to enter a country. (From Dorland, 28th ed & Black's Veterinary Dictionary, 17th ed)
| Descriptor ID |
D011790
|
| MeSH Number(s) |
N06.850.780.200.450.700
|
| Concept/Terms |
|
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Quarantine".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Quarantine".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Quarantine" by people in this website by year, and whether "Quarantine" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
To see the data from this visualization as text,
click here.
| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
|---|
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
To return to the timeline,
click here.
Below are the most recent publications written about "Quarantine" by people in Profiles.
-
Layered Screening and Contact-Limiting Interventions Are Necessary to Reduce SARS-Cov-2 Outbreak Risks in Large Urban Jails. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2023 10 04; 109(4):874-880.
-
Deep recurrent reinforced learning model to compare the efficacy of targeted local versus national measures on the spread of COVID-19 in the UK. BMJ Open. 2022 02 21; 12(2):e048279.
-
A perfect storm: Root cause analysis of supra-therapeutic anticoagulation with vitamin K antagonists during the COVID-19 pandemic. Thromb Res. 2020 08; 192:73-74.