Select the word that means isolation of people to prevent the spread of disease.

Question

between 1900 and 1907, the case of "typhoid Mary" came to the attention of the public. Mary Malone, a new york city cook, was a carrier of the bacteria that caused typhoid fever, a deadly illness. health officials determined that of the eight familes for whom she had choked, seven had contracted cases of typhoid. to protect the public's health, Mary was eventually arrested and sent into involuntary quarantine on north brother island, where she would live out the rest of her days

Answer 1

The word that means isolation of people to prevent the spread of disease is "quarantine."