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Factors that make an infectious disease outbreak controllable

27-Feb-2004

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Two simple public health measures in controlling outbreaks are isolating symptomatic individuals and tracing/quarantining their contacts.

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Christophe Fraser

Professor of Pathogen Dynamics at University of Oxford.

Imperial College London (ICL)

Public research university with an international reputation for excellence in teaching and research

Neil Ferguson

Epidemiologist at Imperial College London

Roy M. Anderson

Professor in Infectious Disease Epidemiology at the Imperial College London.

Steven Riley

Professor of Infectious Disease Dynamics at Imperial College London.

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Pandemics