Institutional, not home-based, isolation could contain the COVID-19 outbreak

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. 2020 May 16;395(10236):1541-1542.

doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)31016-3. Epub 2020 Apr 29.

Institutional, not home-based, isolation could contain the COVID-19 outbreak

Borame L Dickens¹, Joel R Koo¹, Annelies Wilder-Smith², Alex R Cook¹

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¹ Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore and National University Health System, Singapore.
² Department of Disease Control, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London WC1E 7HT, UK. Electronic address: annelies.wilder-smith@lshtm.ac.uk.

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DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)31016-3

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Institutional, not home-based, isolation could contain the COVID-19 outbreak

Borame L Dickens et al. Lancet. 2020.

. 2020 May 16;395(10236):1541-1542.

doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)31016-3. Epub 2020 Apr 29.

Authors

Borame L Dickens¹, Joel R Koo¹, Annelies Wilder-Smith², Alex R Cook¹

Affiliations

¹ Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore and National University Health System, Singapore.
² Department of Disease Control, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London WC1E 7HT, UK. Electronic address: annelies.wilder-smith@lshtm.ac.uk.

PMID: 32423581
PMCID: PMC7190294
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)31016-3

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Number of new infections (A) and cumulative infections (B) within 7 months under the baseline control measures (black), home-based isolation (blue), and institution-based isolation (red)

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Institutional versus home isolation to curb the COVID-19 outbreak - Authors' reply.
Wilder-Smith A, Cook AR, Dickens BL. Wilder-Smith A, et al. Lancet. 2020 Nov 21;396(10263):1632-1633. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)32171-1. Epub 2020 Nov 6. Lancet. 2020. PMID: 33166506 Free PMC article. No abstract available.
Institutional versus home isolation to curb the COVID-19 outbreak.
Bhadoria AS, Gawande K, Sharma R, Mohapatra A, Kant R. Bhadoria AS, et al. Lancet. 2020 Nov 21;396(10263):1631-1632. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)32161-9. Epub 2020 Nov 6. Lancet. 2020. PMID: 33166507 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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Isolation, quarantine, social distancing and community containment: pivotal role for old-style public health measures in the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak.
Wilder-Smith A, Freedman DO. Wilder-Smith A, et al. J Travel Med. 2020 Mar 13;27(2):taaa020. doi: 10.1093/jtm/taaa020. J Travel Med. 2020. PMID: 32052841 Free PMC article.

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[1] Wilder-Smith A, Freedman DO. Isolation, quarantine, social distancing and community containment: pivotal role for old-style public health measures in the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak. J Travel Med. 2020;27 - PMC - PubMed

[2] Wilder-Smith A, Freedman DO. Isolation, quarantine, social distancing and community containment: pivotal role for old-style public health measures in the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak. J Travel Med. 2020;27 - PMC - PubMed

[3] Niu Y, Xu F. Deciphering the power of isolation in controlling COVID-19 outbreaks. Lancet Glob Health. 2020;8:e452–ee53. - PMC - PubMed

[4] Niu Y, Xu F. Deciphering the power of isolation in controlling COVID-19 outbreaks. Lancet Glob Health. 2020;8:e452–ee53. - PMC - PubMed

[5] Hellewell J, Abbott S, Gimma A. Feasibility of controlling COVID-19 outbreaks by isolation of cases and contacts. Lancet Glob Health. 2020;8:e488–e496. - PMC - PubMed

[6] Hellewell J, Abbott S, Gimma A. Feasibility of controlling COVID-19 outbreaks by isolation of cases and contacts. Lancet Glob Health. 2020;8:e488–e496. - PMC - PubMed

[7] Bodas M, Peleg K. Self-isolation compliance in the COVID-19 era influenced by compensation: findings from a recent survey in Israel. A cross sectional study of the adult population of Israel to assess public attitudes toward the COVID-19 outbreak and self-isolation. Health Aff (Millwood) 2020 doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2020.00382. published online April 9. - DOI - PubMed

[8] Bodas M, Peleg K. Self-isolation compliance in the COVID-19 era influenced by compensation: findings from a recent survey in Israel. A cross sectional study of the adult population of Israel to assess public attitudes toward the COVID-19 outbreak and self-isolation. Health Aff (Millwood) 2020 doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2020.00382. published online April 9. - DOI - PubMed

[9] Chen S, Zhang Z, Yang J. Fangcang shelter hospitals: a novel concept for responding to public health emergencies. Lancet. 2020;395:1305–1314. - PMC - PubMed

[10] Chen S, Zhang Z, Yang J. Fangcang shelter hospitals: a novel concept for responding to public health emergencies. Lancet. 2020;395:1305–1314. - PMC - PubMed

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