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Descriptor English: Quarantine
Descriptor Spanish: Cuarentena
Descriptor cuarentena
Entry term(s) autocuarentena
confinamiento sanitario
cordón sanitario
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 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): Cordon Sanitaire
Lockdown, Health
Quarantines
Self Quarantine
Self-Quarantine
Stay at Home Orders
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 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: 2020/06/22
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 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



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