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Descriptor English: Quarantine
Descriptor Spanish: Cuarentena
Descriptor cuarentena
Entry term(s) autocuarentena
cierre de fronteras relacionado con la salud
confinamiento sanitario
cordón sanitario
restricciones de viaje relacionadas con la salud
restricciones fronterizas de viaje relacionadas con la salud
restricciones sanitarias de viaje
restricción de viaje relacionada con la salud
órdenes de permanecer en casa
Scope note: Limitación a la libertad de movimiento de personas para reducir el riesgo de contagio de enfermedades transmisibles por personas que han estado expuestas a una enfermedad infecciosa o transmisible con el fin de prevenir su transmisión; período de detención de embarcaciones, vehículos o viajeros provenientes de lugares infectados o sospechosos; y detención o aislamiento por sospecha de contagio. Incluye normativas gubernamentales sobre restricciones de viaje, medidas de seguridad fronteriza para mitigar la propagación de un contagio y la detención de animales en las fronteras o en puertos de entrada para la prevención de enfermedades infecciosas. (Traducción libre del original: Black's Veterinary Dictionary, 17th ed)
Descriptor Portuguese: Quarentena
Descriptor French: Quarantaine
Entry term(s): Border Closing, Health Related
Border Closing, Health-Related
Border Closings, Health-Related
Border Travel Restrictions, Health Related
Border Travel Restrictions, Health-Related
Cordon Sanitaire
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
Health-Related Border Travel Restrictions
Health-Related Travel Restriction
Health-Related Travel Restrictions
Lockdown, Health
Quarantines
Self Quarantine
Self-Quarantine
Stay at Home Orders
Travel Restriction, Health
Travel Restriction, Health-Related
Travel Restrictions, Health
Travel Restrictions, Health Related
Travel Restrictions, Health-Related
Tree number(s): N06.850.780.200.725
SP8.570.747.231.664.571
VS1.001.003.001.001.002.001.003
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D011790
Scope note: 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)
Annotation: human or animal
Allowable Qualifiers: CL classification
EC economics
ES ethics
HI history
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
MT methods
OG organization & administration
PX psychology
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
VE veterinary
Related: Patient Isolation MeSH
DeCS ID: 27783
Unique ID: D011790
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2022/04/13
Quarantine - Preferred
Concept UI M0018323
Scope note 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)
Preferred term Quarantine
Entry term(s) Cordon Sanitaire
Lockdown, Health
Quarantines
Stay at Home Orders
Self-Quarantine - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M000732090
Preferred term Self-Quarantine
Entry term(s) Self Quarantine
Travel Restriction, Health - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M000752598
Preferred term Travel Restriction, Health
Entry term(s) Health Related Travel Restriction
Health Travel Restriction
Health Travel Restrictions
Health-Related Travel Restriction
Travel Restrictions, Health
Border Closing, Health-Related - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M000752599
Preferred term Border Closing, Health-Related
Entry term(s) Border Closing, Health Related
Border Closings, Health-Related
Health-Related Border Closing
Health-Related Border Closings
Travel Restrictions, Health-Related - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M000752600
Preferred term Travel Restrictions, Health-Related
Entry term(s) Border Travel Restrictions, Health Related
Border Travel Restrictions, Health-Related
Health Related Border Travel Restrictions
Health Related Travel Restrictions
Health-Related Border Travel Restrictions
Health-Related Travel Restrictions
Travel Restriction, Health-Related
Travel Restrictions, Health Related



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