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Information for the Travel Industry: Air Travel

Aircraft Illness and Death Reporting Protocols
Based on Federal Regulations (42 CFR Part 71), CDC DGMQ requires reporting from international conveyances destined for the U.S. of all onboard deaths and certain illnesses suggestive of a communicable disease.
Measles and International Travel
Avian Influenza

 

Air Travel, including Disinsection and In-flight Disease Transmission
Tuberculosis
Meningitis
SARS

 

Airports Council International (ACI)
Preparedness guidelines for airports about communicable diseases

The International Air Transport Association (IATA)
Guidelines for airlines about health and safety and communicable diseases

International Civil Aviation Organization
Communicable disease/avian influenza guidelines

Content Source:
Division of Global Migration and Quarantine
National Center for Preparedness, Detection, and Control of Infectious Diseases


Page Last Modified: July 10, 2007
Page Created: July 10, 2007