Mobility restrictions for the control of epidemics: When do they work?

<h4>Background</h4>Mobility restrictions-trade and travel bans, border closures and, in extreme cases, area quarantines or cordons sanitaires-are among the most widely used measures to control infectious diseases. Restrictions of this kind were important in the response to epidemics of S...

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Main Authors: Baltazar Espinoza, Carlos Castillo-Chavez, Charles Perrings
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0235731