Infectious Risks of Air Travel

摘要: Infectious diseases are still among the leading causes of death worldwide due to their persistence, emergence, and reemergence. As recent Ebola virus disease MERS-CoV outbreaks demonstrate, modern epidemics large-scale infectious emerge spread quickly. Air transportation is a major vehicle for rapid dissemination communicable diseases, there have been number reported serious airborne aboard commercial flights including tuberculosis, severe acute respiratory syndrome, influenza, smallpox, measles, name few. In 2014 alone, over 3.3 billion passengers (a equivalent 42% world population) 50 million metric tons cargo traveled by air from 41,000 airports 50,000 routes worldwide, significant growth anticipated, with passenger numbers expected reach 5.9 2030. Given increasing travelers, risk transmission during travel concern, this chapter focuses on current knowledge about in context both transmissions within aircraft cabin serving as vehicles infection spread.