Emerging Infectious Disease ISSN: 1080-6059
Volume 10, Number 3—March 2004
Dispatch
Predicting Quarantine Failure Rates
Troy Day*
Figure
![Sample size of infections, n, that the quarantine duration must be based on to ensure that the quarantine failure rate is no larger than [[INLINEGRAPHIC('03-0502-M19')]] (with 95% certainty). Results assume that the quarantine duration is set equal to the largest incubation period observed in the sample of n infections. Curve is plotted using equation 4 with [[INLINEGRAPHIC('03-0502-M20')]]= 0.95.](/eid/images/03-0502-F1.jpg)
Figure. Sample size of infections, n, that the quarantine duration must be based on to ensure that the quarantine failure rate is no larger than 
(with 95% certainty). Results assume that the quarantine duration is set equal to the largest incubation period observed in the sample of n infections. Curve is plotted using equation 4 with 
= 0.95.
Lessons from the History of Quarantine, from Plague to Influenza A
Length: 23:11
