title: Public health response to commercial airline travel of a person with Ebola virus infection - United States, 2014.
abstract: Before the current Ebola epidemic in West Africa, there were few documented cases of symptomatic Ebola patients traveling by commercial airline, and no evidence of transmission to passengers or crew members during airline travel. In July 2014 two persons with confirmed Ebola virus infection who were infected early in the Nigeria outbreak traveled by commercial airline while symptomatic, involving a total of four flights (two international flights and two Nigeria domestic flights). It is not clear what symptoms either of these two passengers experienced during flight; however, one collapsed in the airport shortly after landing, and the other was documented to have fever, vomiting, and diarrhea on the day the flight arrived. Neither infected passenger transmitted Ebola to other passengers or crew on these flights. In October 2014, another airline passenger, a U.S. health care worker who had traveled domestically on two commercial flights, was confirmed to have Ebola virus infection. Given that the time of onset of symptoms was uncertain, an Ebola airline contact investigation in the United States was conducted. In total, follow-up was conducted for 268 contacts in nine states, including all 247 passengers from both flights, 12 flight crew members, eight cleaning crew members, and one federal airport worker (81 of these contacts were documented in a report published previously). All contacts were accounted for by state and local jurisdictions and followed until completion of their 21-day incubation periods. No secondary cases of Ebola were identified in this investigation, confirming that transmission of Ebola during commercial air travel did not occur.
authors: Joanna J
authors: JJ
authors: Regan
authors: Robynne
authors: R
authors: Jungerman
authors: Sonia H
authors: SH
authors: Montiel
authors: Kimberly
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authors: Newsome
authors: Tina
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authors: Objio
authors: Faith
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authors: Washburn
authors: Efrosini
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authors: Roland
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authors: Petersen
authors: Evelyn
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authors: Twentyman
authors: Oluwatosin
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authors: Olaiya
authors: Mary
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authors: Naughton
authors: Francisco
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authors: Alvarado-Ramy
authors: Susan A
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authors: Lippold
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authors: Tabony
authors: Carolyn L
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authors: McCarty
authors: Cara Bicking
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authors: Kinsey
authors: Meghan
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authors: Barnes
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authors: Black
authors: Ihsan
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authors: Azzam
authors: Danielle
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authors: Stanek
authors: John
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authors: Sweitzer
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authors: Valiani
authors: Katrin S
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authors: Kohl
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mesh_terms: D000401:Aircraft; D016358:Contact Tracing; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006282:Health Personnel; D019142:Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D009549:Nigeria / Q000453:epidemiology; D009784:Occupational Diseases; D015980:Public Health Practice; D014195:Travel; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology
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