Isolate to prevent infection (10)

I believe the answer is:

quarantine

(Other definitions for quarantine that I've seen before include "Period of enforced isolation" , "Period of isolation to prevent spread of disease" , "Precautionary seclusion" , "State of isolation" , "Place in isolation" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.

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