1. Highly infectious diseases in the Mediterranean Sea area: Inventory of isolation capabilities and recommendations for appropriate isolation
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Fusco, Francesco Maria, Brouqui, Philippe, Ippolito, Giuseppe, Vetter, G., Kojouharova, M., Parmakova, K., Skinhoej, P., Siikamaki, H., Perronne, C., Schilling, S., Gottschalk, R., Brodt, H. R., Maltezou, H. C., Adrami, O., Lambert, J., Puro, V., De Iaco, G., Hemmer, R., Borg, Michael Angelo, Fjellet, A. L., Brantsæter, A. B., Horban, A., Strle, F., Trilla, A., Bannister, B., Carson, G., EuroNHID Working Group, National Institute for Infectious Diseases, Microbes évolution phylogénie et infections (MEPHI), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Service des Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales [CHU Raymond Poincaré], Hôpital Raymond Poincaré [AP-HP], ANR-10-IAHU-0003,Méditerranée Infection,I.H.U. Méditerranée Infection(2010), and EuroNHID Working Group
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Paper ,Isolation (health care) ,Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus ,0211 other engineering and technologies ,02 engineering and technology ,Communicable diseases ,medicine.disease_cause ,Microbiology ,Communicable diseases -- Transmission -- Mediterranean Region ,Mediterrània (Regió) ,lcsh:Infectious and parasitic diseases ,03 medical and health sciences ,Globalization ,0302 clinical medicine ,Mediterranean sea ,[SDV.MHEP.MI]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathology/Infectious diseases ,Epidemics -- Prevention ,Mediterranean Sea ,medicine ,Epidèmies ,highly infectious diseases ,Social conflict ,lcsh:RC109-216 ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Communicable diseases -- Mediterranean Region -- Prevention ,Socioeconomics ,Epidemics ,021110 strategic, defence & security studies ,Public health ,outbreak ,Mediterranean Region ,Isolation (Hospital care) -- Mediterranean Region ,Outbreak ,Nosocomial infections -- Prevention ,Malalties infeccioses ,[SDV.MP.BAC]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Microbiology and Parasitology/Bacteriology ,Salut pública ,preparedness ,3. Good health ,Infectious Diseases ,Geography ,Preparedness ,isolation capabilities - Abstract
Epidemics such as viral haemorrhagic fevers, severe acute respiratory syndrome, Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus or yet unknown ones have few chances of disappearing. Globalization, worldwide travel, climate change, social conflicts and wars, among others, are likely to favor the emergence of epidemics. Preparedness of hospitals to prevent the spread of these outbreaks is among the prioritized political programmes of many countries. The EuroNHID network has in the past drawn a map of features and equipment of hospitals across Europe to take care of highly contagious patients. We update the data regarding isolation capabilities and recommendations, with an emphasis on Mediterranean countries., peer-reviewed
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- 2018