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Last reviewed Aug 1, 2011
Recent Additions
Article from Osterholm Briefing
Resources from Others
Recent Additions
Baker MG, Thornley CN, Mills C, et al. Transmission of pandemic A/H1N1 2009 influenza on passenger aircraft: retrospective cohort study. BMJ 2010 May 21;340:c2424 [Abstract]
Bedford T, Cobey S, Beerli P, et al. Global migration dynamics underlie evolution and persistence of human influenza A (H3N2). PLoS Pathog 2010 May 27;6(5):e1000918 [Full text]
CDC. Interim guidance for cruise ships during the 2009-10 influenza season. Jan 29, 2010 [Full text]
Malone JD, Brigantic R, Muller GA, et al. U.S. airport entry screening in response to pandemic influenza: Modeling and analysis. Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease. 2009;7(4):181-191 [Abstract]
Article from Osterholm Briefing
Pay attention to bellwether sectors: What transportation and financial markets can tell us now
Editor-in-Chief Michael Osterholm says the early bellwethers of how we respond to an unfolding pandemic will be the international transportation industry and the financial markets.
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Resources from Others
Guidelines
Airport Council International. Airport preparedness guidelines for outbreaks of communicable disease. Dec 2006 [Full text - PDF]
CDC. Interim guidance for cruise ships during the 2009-10 influenza season. Jan 29, 2010 [Full text]
CDC. Interim guidance for management of influenza-like illness aboard commercial aircraft during 2009-10 influenza season. Nov 30, 2009 [Full text]
CDC. Interim guidance for airline flight crews and persons meeting passengers arriving from areas with avian influenza. Mar 13, 2006 [Full text - PDF]
DHS. National Infrastructure Protection Program sector-specific plans: US critical infrastructure sectors formalize risk-reduction roadmaps. Fact sheet and text of speech by DHS Secretary Michael Chertoff (actual plans available by request; see fact sheet). Released May 21, 2007 [Fact sheet and speech]
DOT (US Department of Transportation). National aviation resource manual for quarantinable diseases. Released Jan 25, 2007 [Full text - PDF]
DOT (US Department of Transportation). Sub-sector pandemic influenza planning guidelines (for aviation, highway and motor carrier, maritime, mass transit, and railroad sub-sectors). Released Apr 1, 2008, as annexes to DHS preparedness guidelines [Web site, with links to PDFs]
HHS. Interim guidance for cargo trucking crews for the prevention of pandemic influenza. Mar 23, 2009 [Full text]
This draft interim guidance is meant to inform and educate cargo trucking management and crew personnel about precautions and appropriate work practices to minimize exposure and prevent workplace-related transmission of flu in the event of a pandemic.
HHS. Interim guidance for cleaning crew for a truck cab when the driver or helper is visibly ill during an influenza pandemic. Mar 23, 2009 [Full text]
Guidelines for cleaning a truck cab after a truck arrives with a driver or helper suspected to have pandemic.
IATA (International Air Transport Association). Emergency response plan: a template for air carriers. May 2009 [Full text - PDF]
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Selected Reading
Airport Council International. Avian influenza: ACI update. Jan 2006 [Full text - PDF]
Airport Council International. Avian flu and other communicable disease: Towards a global preparedness plan for airports. Feb 2006 [Full text - PDF]
Baker MG, Thornley CN, Mills C, et al. Transmission of pandemic A/H1N1 2009 influenza on passenger aircraft: retrospective cohort study. BMJ 2010 May 21;340:c2424 [Abstract]
Bedford T, Cobey S, Beerli P, et al. Global migration dynamics underlie evolution and persistence of human influenza A (H3N2). PLoS Pathog 2010 May 27;6(5):e1000918 [Full text]
Cooper BS, Pitman RJ, Edmunds WJ, et al. Delaying the international spread of pandemic influenza. PLoS Med 2006 Jun;3(6) [Full text]
Gemelas TC, Johnson M. Transportation security: a systems approach. J Homeland Security 2007 (published online Mar 1) [Full text]
Jones DA, Nozick LK, Turnquist MA, et al. Pandemic influenza, worker absenteeism and impact on freight transportation. In: Proceedings of the 41st Hawaii International Conference on System Science, Hilton Waikoloa Village Resort, Waikoloa, Hawaii, Jan 7-10, 2008. [Full text - PDF]
Luke TC, Rodrique JP. Protecting the public health and global freight transportation systems during an influenza pandemic. Am J Disaster Med 2008 Mar-Apr;3(2):99-107 [Abstract]
Malone JD, Brigantic R, Muller GA, et al. U.S. airport entry screening in response to pandemic influenza: Modeling and analysis. Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease. 2009;7(4):181-191 [Abstract]
Rodrigue JP, Luke T, Osterholm M. Transport and pandemics, in The Geography of Transport Systems, Hofstra University, Department of Economics & Geography. 2008 [Full text]
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