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. 2020 Apr 8;2020(4):CD013574. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD013574

Hsieh 2007.

Study characteristics
Study design Modeling study
Susceptible–infective–recovered model with additional compartments
R0 = NR; daily infection rate 0.347 (95% CI 0.3108–0.3837)
Objectives To assess the impact of quarantine on prevented additional SARS cases and additional deaths
Study details Data from Taiwan Center for Disease Control, SARS database (SARS outbreak in Taiwan 2003)
n = 151,460
Interventions
  • Quarantine of individuals who were in close contact with infected people

  • Quarantine of travellers coming from SARS‐affected areas

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