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Accessible airline connections now permit infected individuals to travel anywhere in the world in less than 24 h, delivering human reservoirs of malaria, dengue fever, West Nile virus, and Chikungunya fever to new temperate areas for autochthonous or local transmission by new and adaptable mosquito vectors. A table is included comparing, by geographic distribution ranges and infectious disease transmission, the mosquito vectors of infectious diseases that may be imported by infected passengers. The following questions are addressed: Why is dengue fever a 21st century public health threat? Why could we not stop the spread of West Nile virus across the United States? Why are mosquitoes such competent transmission vectors of infectious diseases in an era of climatic change?

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pp 43-48

2010

Transportation Research Board Conference Proceedings

Research on the Transmission of Disease in Airports and on Aircraft: A Synposium

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Air travel; Communicable diseases; Public health

Mosquito-borne diseases; Viruses; West Nile virus

Aviation; Policy; Safety and Human Factors

TRIS, TRB

Sep 29 2010 2:26PM

• Experimental “Bench Science” Approaches to Investigating the Spread of Disease in Airports and on Aircraft: Interventions for Preventing the Transmission of Influenza Virus
• Experimental “Bench Science” Approaches to Investigating the Spread of Disease in Airports and on Aircraft: The Role of Fomites in the Transmission of Pathogens in Airports and on Aircraft
• Policies and Planning to Minimize the Spread of Disease: Airline Policies and Procedures to Minimize the Spread of Diseases
• Policies and Planning to Minimize the Spread of Disease: The Practical Application of World Health Organization Travel Recommendations: Some Observations
• Practical Case-Response Approaches to Investigating the Spread of Disease in Airports and on Aircraft: Norovirus Transmission on Aircraft
• Practical Case-Response Approaches to Investigating the Spread of Disease in Airports and on Aircraft: Swine Flu A/H1N1 Transmission via the Aviation Sector
• Theoretical Modeling Approaches to Investigating the Spread of Disease in Airports and on Aircraft: Advance Models for Predicting Contaminants and Infectious Disease Virus Transport in the Airliner Cabin Environment (Part 1)
• Theoretical Modeling Approaches to Investigating the Spread of Disease in Airports and on Aircraft: Advance Models for Predicting Contaminants and Infectious Disease Virus Transport in the Airliner Cabin Environment (Part 2)
• Theoretical Modeling Approaches to Investigating the Spread of Disease in Airports and on Aircraft: Characterizing the Risk of Tuberculosis Infection in Commercial Aircraft by Using Quantitative Microbial Risk Assessment
• Theoretical Modeling Approaches to Investigating the Spread of Disease in Airports and on Aircraft: Summarizing Exposure Patterns on Commercial Aircraft
• Understanding How Disease Is Transmitted via Air Travel: Human Movement Patterns and the Spread of Infectious Diseases
• Understanding How Disease Is Transmitted via Air Travel: The Aircraft Cabin Environment