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Isolation is the process in which people who are known to be ill with a dangerous, contagious disease are treated to prevent the disease from spreading. Quarantine is the process in which people who have been exposed to an infectious disease, but are not yet known to be ill, are kept separate from others and monitored.solation lasts for the period of time in which a disease is considered infectious. Quarantine lasts for the incubation period for the disease, after which officials can be certain that an individual is not infected.
Updated February 23, 2017. The terms venomous and poisonous are often used interchangeably, but incorrectly. There is, in fact, a difference between a venomous organism and a poisonous organism. Both venomous and poisonous animals produce a toxin that is injurious or even lethal to another organism. The real difference between the two terms involves how that toxin is delivered. Venomous Organisms Inject Venom Into Other Organisms