title: Tracing Airline Travelers for a Public Health Investigation: Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) Infection in the United States, 2014.
abstract: CDC routinely conducts contact investigations involving travelers on commercial conveyances, such as aircrafts, cargo vessels, and cruise ships.
  
  
  
  The agency used established systems of communication and partnerships with other federal agencies to quickly provide accurate traveler contact information to states and jurisdictions to alert contacts of potential exposure to two travelers with Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) who had entered the United States on commercial flights in April and May 2014.
  
  
  
  Applying the same process used to trace and notify travelers during routine investigations, such as those for tuberculosis or measles, CDC was able to notify most travelers of their potential exposure to MERS-CoV during the first few days of each investigation.
  
  
  
  To prevent the introduction and spread of newly emerging infectious diseases, travelers need to be located and contacted quickly.
authors.affiliation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Division of Global Migration and Quarantine, Quarantine and Border Health Services Branch, Atlanta, GA.
authors.forename: Joanna J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Regan
authors.affiliation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Division of Global Migration and Quarantine, Quarantine and Border Health Services Branch, Atlanta, GA.
authors.forename: M Robynne
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Jungerman
authors.affiliation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Division of Global Migration and Quarantine, Quarantine and Border Health Services Branch, Atlanta, GA.
authors.forename: Susan A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Lippold
authors.affiliation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Division of Global Migration and Quarantine, Quarantine and Border Health Services Branch, Atlanta, GA.
authors.forename: Faith
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Washburn
authors.affiliation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Division of Global Migration and Quarantine, Quarantine and Border Health Services Branch, Atlanta, GA.
authors.forename: Efrosini
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authors.lastname: Roland
authors.affiliation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Division of Global Migration and Quarantine, Quarantine and Border Health Services Branch, Atlanta, GA.
authors.forename: Tina
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authors.lastname: Objio
authors.affiliation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, Immunization Safety Office, Atlanta, GA.
authors.forename: Christopher
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Schembri
authors.affiliation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Division of Global Migration and Quarantine, Quarantine and Border Health Services Branch, Atlanta, GA.
authors.forename: Reena
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gulati
authors.affiliation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Division of Global Migration and Quarantine, Quarantine and Border Health Services Branch, Atlanta, GA.
authors.forename: Paul J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Edelson
authors.affiliation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Division of Global Migration and Quarantine, Quarantine and Border Health Services Branch, Atlanta, GA.
authors.forename: Francisco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Alvarado-Ramy
authors.affiliation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Division of Global Migration and Quarantine, Quarantine and Border Health Services Branch, Atlanta, GA.
authors.forename: Nicki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Pesik
authors.affiliation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Division of Global Migration and Quarantine, Quarantine and Border Health Services Branch, Atlanta, GA.
authors.forename: Nicole J
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authors.lastname: Cohen
mesh_terms: D064870:Air Travel; D002487:Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S.; D016358:Contact Tracing / Q000379:methods*; D018352:Coronavirus Infections / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D065207:Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D011634:Public Health; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology