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Characteristics of aircrew who flew while infectious with mpox during the 2022 multi-country mpox outbreak, United States, May 10-September 30, 2022
Roy S , Gertz AM , Minhaj FS , Akinkugbe O , Delea KC , Lumpkin-Knighten A , Mase SR , Alvarado-Ramy F , Brown C , Gearhart SL . J Travel Med 2024 |
Contact tracing for mpox clade II cases associated with air travel - United States, July 2021-August 2022
Delea KC , Chen TH , Lavilla K , Hercules Y , Gearhart S , Preston LE , Hughes CM , Minhaj FS , Waltenburg MA , Sunshine B , Rao AK , McCollum AM , Adams K , Ocaña M , Akinkugbe O , Brown C , Alvarado-Ramy F . MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2024 73 (35) 758-762 Monkeypox virus (MPXV) can spread among humans through direct contact with lesions, scabs, or saliva; via respiratory secretions; and indirectly from fomites; via percutaneous injuries; and by crossing the placenta to the fetus during pregnancy. Since 2022, most patients with mpox in the United States have experienced painful skin lesions, and some have had severe illness. During 2021-2022, CDC initiated aircraft contact investigations after receiving reports of travelers on commercial flights with probable or confirmed mpox during their infectious period. Data were collected 1) during 2021, when two isolated clade II mpox cases not linked to an outbreak were imported into the United States by international travelers and 2) for flights arriving in or traveling within the United States during April 30-August 2, 2022, after a global clade II mpox outbreak was detected in May 2022. A total of 113 persons (100 passengers and 13 crew members) traveled on 221 flights while they were infectious with mpox. CDC developed definitions for aircraft contacts based on proximity to mpox cases and flight duration, sent information about these contacts to U.S. health departments, and received outcome information for 1,046 (68%) of 1,538 contacts. No traveler was found to have acquired mpox via a U.S. flight exposure. For persons with mpox and their contacts who had departed from the United States, CDC forwarded contact information as well as details about the exposure event to destination countries to facilitate their own public health investigations. Findings from these aircraft contact investigations suggest that traveling on a flight with a person with mpox does not appear to constitute an exposure risk or warrant routine contact tracing activities. Nonetheless, CDC recommends that persons with mpox isolate and delay travel until they are no longer infectious. |
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