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
, M. Robynne Jungerman, Reena K. Gulati, Petra Illig, and Francisco Alvarado-Ramy
Table 3
Types of contacts, by risk level, identified for federal travel restrictions because of exposure to 4 case-patients given a diagnosis of Ebola in the United States, October 7–November 14, 2014*
| Risk level |
Case-patient 1 |
Case-patient 2 |
Case-patient 3 |
Case-patient 4 |
Total |
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| High risk |
Close contact |
High risk |
Close contact |
High risk |
Close contact |
High risk |
Close contact |
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| No. contacts identified | 52 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 14 | 34 | 3 | 0 | 128 |
| Household contact | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Healthcare exposure | 51 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 82 |
| Community contact† | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 45 |
| Contacts placed on travel restrictions‡ | 49 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 13 | 34 | 3 | 0 | 124 |
*High risk was defined as being within ≈3 feet (1 m) of a person with symptomatic Ebola for a prolonged period while not using appropriate personal protective equipment.
†Includes 20 contacts with persons on airplanes.
‡Two healthcare workers and 1 community contact with an exposure to case-patient 1 were not placed on travel restrictions because their 21-d incubation periods were scheduled to end 1 day after they were to be placed under travel restrictions. One community contact exposed to case-patient 3 was not placed on travel restrictions because of insufficient biographical data needed for placement.