WHO publishes the third edition of guidelines for the prevention and control of air-travel-associated tuberculosis

I Abubakar; K Fernandez de la Hoz

doi:10.2807/ese.13.23.18898-en

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WHO publishes the third edition of guidelines for the prevention and control of air-travel-associated tuberculosis
I Abubakar¹ , K Fernandez de la Hoz²
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Affiliations: ¹ TB Section, Respiratory Diseases Department, Health Protection Agency Centre for Infections, London, United Kingdom ² Surveillance Unit, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, Stockholm, Sweden

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K Fernandez de la Hoz
Karoline.Fernandezdelahoz ecdc.europa.eu
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Citation style for this article: Abubakar I, Fernandez de la Hoz K. WHO publishes the third edition of guidelines for the prevention and control of air-travel-associated tuberculosis. Euro Surveill. 2008;13(23):pii=18898. https://doi.org/10.2807/ese.13.23.18898-en Received: 02 Jun 2008

Abstract

Air travel has increased over the last few decades resulting in greater risk of the spread of infectious diseases carried by infectious travellers. The risk of transmission of pathogens is particularly important for airborne organisms raising concern among public health agencies and the public. Despite limited research on the risk of tuberculosis associated with air travel, several reports have published evidence of the transmission of tuberculosis infection, including multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) [1, 2].