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The illuminated pentagonal Lazzaretto of Ancona, also called Mole Vanvitelliana, stands on an artificial island in the harbor at sunset, surrounded by water and city lights. Quarantine Quarantine A woman wearing a face mask sits on a couch under a colorful blanket, looking at her cell phone with a hand on her forehead. A laptop rests nearby.
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The illuminated pentagonal Lazzaretto of Ancona, also called Mole Vanvitelliana, stands on an artificial island in the harbor at sunset, surrounded by water and city lights.
Quarantine The pentagon-shaped Lazzaretto of Ancona sits on an artificial island at the harbor of Ancona in Italy. Built in the 18th-century, the structure served as a quarantine station and leprosarium.

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quarantine, the separation and restriction of travel of humans or other animals that may have come into contact with an infectious disease. Individuals remain under quarantine until it is deemed certain that they are free of infection. In the vocabulary of disease control, the terms quarantine and isolation are used interchangeably. In the strictest sense, however, isolation is the separation of a sick individual from healthy individuals. The earliest recognition that diseases might be communicable...

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