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Social & Preventive Medicine General 219bc906

Separation for the period of communicability of infected persons in such places or under such conditions as prevent transmission of infectious agent to the susceptible is known as:

A
Quarantine
B
Segregation
C
Modified quarantine
D
Isolation
High-Yield Explanation
Isolation: Separation for the period of communicability of infected persons in such places or under such conditions as prevent transmission of infectious agent to the susceptible. Quarantine: It is the limitation of movement of such well persons or animals exposed to communicable diseases for a period usually not longer than the longest incubation period of the disease to prevent effective contact with those not exposed. Segregation: It is the separation for special consideration, control of observation of some pa of a group of persons from others to facilitate control of communicable disease. Ref: Park 21st edition, page 110-111.

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