Isolation in Times of Epidemic
Reflections for our Present from a Smallpox Epidemic in Concepción (Chile)
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4917191 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Paula Caffarena, Paula Caffarena Barcenilla (0000-0002-2609-6413, Universidad Finis Terrae Chile, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue | S1 |
| Pages | 117-120 |
| Publication date | 2020-12-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Bulletin of Latin American Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0261-3050 • E-ISSN: 1470-9856 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/blar.13178 |
| OpenAlex | W3117327180 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
This article seeks to put in historical perspective the implementation of isolation measures such as quarantines, widely used today to tackle COVID-19. Based on an epidemic that affected the city of Concepción (Chile) in 1789, I analyse the isolation measures adopted by the authorities, the difficulties they had to face in their implementation, and their reception by the local population. It is concluded that lessons from history should take into consideration the dynamic interaction of the public and the private spheres that characterise the experience of the disease in any given epidemic
Biology · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Disease · Face (sociological concept · Geography · Infectious disease (medical specialty · Isolation (microbiology · Pandemic · Perspective (graphical · Political science · Population · Smallpox · Social distance · Social science · Sociology · Computer Science · Demography · Medicine · Migration, Education, Indigenous Social Dynamics · Virology
| Citations per year | 0.25 |
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| Citation span | 2022 - 2022 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |