From the Department of Clinical Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Tiaf University, Taif, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Saudi Med J. 2023 Mar;44(3):231-236. doi: 10.15537/smj.2023.44.3.20220515.
Quarantine is a common public health intervention that is often used to curb pandemics of infectious diseases. Quarantine is the intentional separation of people who are either suspected or confirmed to be infected with a contagious virus from the uninfected population. The goal of this study was to determine the expected economic cost for healthcare systems due to quarantine in the case of the monkeypox virus. A systematic literature review of studies on similar virus outbreaks was performed. The findings affirm that quarantine effectively mitigates the spread of a virus outbreak, but it has high direct and indirect costs that can only be justifiable for a dangerous virus with high mortality. The monkeypox virus presents moderate risk, unlike high-risk diseases for which quarantine is mandatory. The study recommends the introduction of mass vaccination programs and public awareness and sensitization forums to inform the population about the best behavioral practices to curb the spread of monkeypox virus.
隔离是一种常见的公共卫生干预措施，常用于遏制传染病的大流行。隔离是将疑似或确诊感染传染病的人与未感染者有意隔离开来。本研究的目的是确定在猴痘病毒情况下，医疗保健系统因隔离而产生的预期经济成本。对类似病毒爆发的研究进行了系统的文献回顾。研究结果证实，隔离可以有效遏制病毒爆发的传播，但它具有很高的直接和间接成本，只有对于死亡率高的危险病毒才具有合理性。猴痘病毒的风险适中，不像高风险疾病那样需要强制隔离。该研究建议引入大规模疫苗接种计划和公众意识与宣传论坛，让民众了解遏制猴痘病毒传播的最佳行为实践。
