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Quarantine
Disease Control Practice
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The practice of separating and restricting the movement of people who have been exposed to a contagious disease but are not yet confirmed ill, to prevent transmission during the disease incubation period. The word derives from the forty day isolation period, quaranta giorni, imposed on ships in medieval Venice and Ragusa.
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Origin YearThe year Ragusa, modern Dubrovnik, enacted the first formal quarantine regulations, a mandatory isolation period for arriving ships. Practice ClassPublic health, outbreak control 1 Cross-Tradition Connections
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Both are classical outbreak-control measures, frequently deployed together.
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