Usefulness and applicability of infectious disease control measures in air travel: A review

Huizer, Y L; Swaan, Corien; Leitmeyer, Katrin; Timen, Aura

doi:10.1016/j.tmaid.2014.11.008

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“…Several actions within the world air‐transportation network can be implemented to control disease spreading in the event of a health emergency (Huizer, Swaan, Leitmeyer, & Timen, ). At the global scale, mobility‐driven interventions such as airport closures and deliberate rerouting of the travelers can reduce the number of individuals passing through or traveling from/to regions where dangerous diseases prevail (Nicolaides, Cueto‐Felgueroso, & Juanes, ).…”

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Hand‐Hygiene Mitigation Strategies Against Global Disease Spreading through the Air Transportation Network

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The risk for a global transmission of flu-type viruses is strengthened by the physical contact between humans and accelerated through individual mobility patterns. The Air Transportation System plays a critical role in such transmissions because it is responsible for fast and long-range human travel, while its building components-the airports-are crowded, confined areas with usually poor hygiene. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and World Health Organization (WHO) consider hand hygiene as the most efficient and cost-effective way to limit disease propagation. Results from clinical studies reveal the effect of hand washing on individual transmissibility of infectious diseases. However, its potential as a mitigation strategy against the global risk for a pandemic has not been fully explored. Here, we use epidemiological modeling and data-driven simulations to elucidate the role of individual engagement with hand hygiene inside airports in conjunction with human travel on the global spread of epidemics. We find that, by increasing travelers engagement with hand hygiene at all airports, a potential pandemic can be inhibited by 24% to 69%. In addition, we identify 10 airports at the core of a cost-optimal deployment of the hand-washing mitigation strategy. Increasing hand-washing rate at only those 10 influential locations, the risk of a pandemic could potentially drop by up to 37%. Our results provide evidence for the effectiveness of hand hygiene in airports on the global spread of infections that could shape the way public-health policy is implemented with respect to the overall objective of mitigating potential population health crises.

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Hand‐Hygiene Mitigation Strategies Against Global Disease Spreading through the Air Transportation Network

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“…The results of this and other investigations suggest the risk for MERS-CoV transmission on conveyances is low. Recent publications concluded that aircraft contact tracing required extensive preparation, resources, and passenger compliance; was an inconvenience to passengers; had mixed outcomes (14); and caused psychological distress to contacts (12). Our investigation required substantial resources of airlines, a bus company, local and state health departments, federal agencies, and foreign public health authorities.…”

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Conveyance Contact Investigation for Imported Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Cases, United States, May 2014

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“…Offering symptomatic passengers medical care upon arrival at airport checkpoints may be an effective way to screen for influenza, and is likely to be more cost effective than exit and entry screening, quarantine, and travel restrictions. 26 The simplest, most effective, and least costly control measures involve the individual behaviors of travelers and of their health care providers. 27…”

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2019

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Usefulness and applicability of infectious disease control measures in air travel: A review

Cited by 36 publications

References 74 publications

Hand‐Hygiene Mitigation Strategies Against Global Disease Spreading through the Air Transportation Network

Hand‐Hygiene Mitigation Strategies Against Global Disease Spreading through the Air Transportation Network

Conveyance Contact Investigation for Imported Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Cases, United States, May 2014

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