Outbreak Control
Just as you are going over your descriptive analysis, Dr. Zapp calls you in your office to let you know that the SARS diagnosis has been confirmed for all 12 dead cases from the Amoy Apartment Complex. Your primary goal now is to plan an effective outbreak management .
During the outbreak management it may be necessary to take the following measures: quarantine (isolate a person until he or she is no longer infectious), isolate contacts, and conduct additional surveillance (passive and active).
9. What do you think would be an appropriate measure to control the outbreaks given what we know about SARS?
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Learn more about the laboratory methods used in the outbreak investigation .