The Australian system of mandatory detention of asylum-seekers has become increasingly controversial. Insofar as commentary on detention has been framed historically, critics have pointed to Australia’s race-based exclusionary laws and policies over the twentieth century. In this article, we suggest that exclusion and detention are not equivalent practices, even if they are often related. Here ...

PCR tests for the rapid and valid detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) are now available. We evaluated the costs associated with contact screening for MRSA carriage in a tertiary-care hospital with low MRSA endemicity. Between 1 October 2005 and 28 February 2006, 232 patients were screened during 258 screening episodes (644 samples) for MRSA carriage by GenoType MRSA ...

There is no European legislation concerning paratuberculosis that requires that imported animals be kept in quarantine and commonly they are directly released into areas with other animals. In this study, detection of latent infection of paratuberculosis in healthy mouflons previously diagnosed as paratuberculosis-free, but originating from a real time quantitative PCR- (qPCR-) positive herd, o...

Symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in quarantined individuals are very important to understand reduce the psychological impact caused by COVID-19 pandemic. However, there is a lack evidence measure PTSD status globally during confinement quarantine facilities after second wave Indonesia. This study aims assess people who at home pandemic patients with COVID-19. Survey used Impact ...

It was the summer world collapsed, and I had almost begun collapsing with it. would have, it not been for sunshine birds lulling of river’s tide.I carry a picnic basket to water’s edge, sat, all summer, my novelsand notebooks, wrote down that felt.
 How is one supposed act in isolation? What does do?

A semi-humorous autobiographical account of one first-year MSOT student trying to do their part support the local healthcare community and its clients during time COVID-19 self-quarantine.

A 1-day table-top exercise in San Diego, California, in December 2004 emphasized voluntary compliance with home quarantine to control an emerging infectious disease outbreak. The exercise heightened local civilian-military collaboration in public health emergency management. Addressing concerns about lost income by residents in quarantine was particularly challenging.