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Review
. 2018;10(1):55-64.
doi: 10.1007/s40506-018-0154-z. Epub 2018 Feb 15.

Controlling infectious disease outbreaks in low-income and middle-income countries

Juan Pablo Caeiro  1 , María I Garzón  1
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Review

Controlling infectious disease outbreaks in low-income and middle-income countries

Juan Pablo Caeiro et al. Curr Treat Options Infect Dis. 2018.

Abstract

When an infectious disease outbreak is detected or suspected, a healthcare facility's infection control personnel should be notified and an outbreak control team formed that is pertinent to the size and severity of the outbreak and healthcare facility. Management of an infectious disease outbreak in a middle- or low-income country is challenging. Cost-effective recommendations that are easy to carry out and that have been stratified according to the type of infection and prevention and control intervention used are provided in this paper and constitute basic practices.

Keywords: healthcare facility; infection control; infectious disease outbreak; low-income countries; middle-income countries.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of InterestJuan Pablo Caeiro declares that he has no competing interests. María I. Garzón declare that she has no competing interests.

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Algorithm for Initial outbreak management.
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