Tuberculosis and air travel: a systematic review and analysis of policy

• Published in: The Lancet infectious diseases Vol. 10; no. 3; pp. 176 - 183
• Main Author: Abubakar, Ibrahim
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Elsevier Ltd 01.03.2010; Lancet Publishing Group; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Air transportation; Aircraft; Aircraft - standards; Bacterial diseases; Biological and medical sciences; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S; Contact Tracing - methods; Europe; Government Agencies - standards; Human bacterial diseases; Humans; Infectious Disease; Infectious diseases; Medical sciences; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Practice Guidelines as Topic; Risk assessment; Sputum - microbiology; Travel - statistics & numerical data; Tuberculosis; Tuberculosis and atypical mycobacterial infections; Tuberculosis, Pulmonary - prevention & control; Tuberculosis, Pulmonary - transmission; United States; World Health Organization; United States; Europe; Infection; Policy; Travel; Tuberculosis; Bacteriosis; Mycobacterial infection; Air; Bibliographic review

WHO international guidelines for the control of tuberculosis in relation to air travel require—after a risk assessment—tracing of passengers who sat for longer than 8 h in rows adjacent to people with pulmonary tuberculosis who are smear positive or smear negative. A further recommendation is that a...