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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. VonnahmeComments to Author , M. Robynne Jungerman, Reena K. Gulati, Petra Illig, and Francisco Alvarado-Ramy
Author affiliations: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (L.A. Vonnahme, P. Illig, F. Alvarado-Ramy); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Reston, Virginia, USA (M.R. Jungerman); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Seattle, Washington, USA (R.K. Gulati)

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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
High risk
 Close contact
 High risk
 Close contact
 High risk
 Close contact
 High risk
 Close contact
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.

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