Wikibooks: Transportation Systems Casebook/Disease

• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Subjects: Avian flu
• Online Access: https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Transportation_Systems_Casebook/Disease

=Summary= In recent years there has been an upswing in diseases crossing international borders often at alarming speeds. While much attention presently is devoted to Ebola let us remind you of some of the other more recent outbreaks Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) Swine Flu (H1N1) Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) Avian Flu (H7N9) and many earlier diseases that were once thought to be controlled through vaccination or eliminated entirely Poliovirus Cholera Yellow Fever and Measles. Globalization and advances in technology continue to expand our horizons and bring international borders and continents closer in time than ever before. As air travel has increased so has the risk that an infectious disease could be spread to multiple destinations in a matter of hours. In fact SARS reached pandemic level by reaching four continents in three days. Gaber W. Goetsch U. Diel R. Doerr H Gottschalk. (2009) Screening for Infectious Diseases at International Airports The Frankfurt Model. [Electronic Version]. Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine 80(7) 595 600. In light of the recent outbreak of Ebola this case study evaluates the viability of infectious disease screening at airports specifically within the context of Ebola and other policy proposals to contain diseases in aviation. =Annotated List of Actors= Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) National public health institute of the United States. Its main goal is to protect public health and safety through the control and prevention of disease injury and disability. Customs and Border Control (CBP) Agency responsible for regulating and facilitating international trade collecting import duties and enforcing U.S. regulations including trade customs and immigration. Ohio Department of Health Instituted a mandatory 21 day quarantine for health care workers and travelers arriving from Sierra Leone Liberia and Guinea whether or not they have symptoms. Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital This is the hospital that treated the first diagnosed Ebola ...