Strategies for the clinical management and public health control
of different infectious diseases vary depending on the acuteness and chronicity
of infection, infectivity and virulence
of the causative pathogen,
modes and ease
of transmission, and whether there are
effective treatments, vaccines, or other means
of prevention.
Participating in these programs following more intense
treatment, such as inpatient care, was shown to be an
effective mode of abstinence maintenance.»