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

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...

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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
ISSN:	1473-3099, 1474-4457, 1474-4457
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