Volume 23, Supplement—December 2017
SUPPLEMENT ISSUE
Global Health Security Supplement
Prevent
US Federal Travel Restrictions for Persons with Higher-Risk Exposures to Communicable Diseases of Public Health Concern
Laura A. Vonnahme
, M. Robynne Jungerman, Reena K. Gulati, Petra Illig, and Francisco Alvarado-Ramy
, M. Robynne Jungerman, Reena K. Gulati, Petra Illig, and Francisco Alvarado-Ramy
Table 1
Criteria for placement and removal from federal public health travel restrictions, March 2015*
| Criteria for placement | Criteria for removal |
|---|---|
| Be known or likely infectious with, or exposed to, a communicable disease that poses a public health threat | Proven noninfectiousness or no longer being at risk for becoming infectious (by documented laboratory confirmation, lapse of known period of infectiousness, or lapse of incubation period without development of symptoms) |
| AND meet 1 of the following 3 criteria | |
| 1) Be unaware of diagnosis, noncompliant with public health recommendations, or unable to be located | |
| OR | |
| 2) be at risk for traveling on a commercial flight, or internationally by any means | |
| OR | |
| 3) travel restrictions are warranted to respond effectively to a communicable disease outbreak or to enforce a federal or local public health order. |
*Criteria were obtained from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (3).
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