Protective population behavior change in outbreaks of emerging infectious disease.

ABSTRACT:

Background

During outbreaks of emerging and re-emerging infections, the lack of effective drugs and vaccines increases reliance on non-pharmacologic public health interventions and behavior change to limit human-to-human transmission. Interventions that increase the speed with which infected individuals remove themselves from the susceptible population are paramount, particularly isolation and hospitalization. Ebola virus disease (EVD), Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), and Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) are zoonotic viruses that have caused significant recent outbreaks with sustained human-to-human transmission.

Methods

This investigation quantified changing mean removal rates (MRR) and days from symptom onset to hospitalization (DSOH) of infected individua

SUBMITTER: Lodge EK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8205197 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature