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    The U.S. Code of Federal Regulations [42 CFR 70.11 and 71.21] contains requirements for reporting death and illness to CDC that occur on domestic flights between U.S. states and territories, and on international flights arriving to the United States.

    • Guidance for Airlines on Reporting Onboard Deaths or Illnesses to CDC
    • CDC Death and Disease Reporting Tool for Cabin Crew
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    • Preventing Spread of Disease on Commercial Aircraft: Guidance for Cabin Crew

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    Recommendations from Health Information for International Travel 2016 (CDC Yellow Book)

    Tuberculosis

    • CDC Tuberculosis home page
    • Tuberculosis and Air Travel: Guidelines for Prevention and Control, 3nd Edition (World Health Organization, 2008) pdf icon[PDF – 65 pages]external icon

    Other Communicable Disease Resources

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    • Managing Communicable Disease in Aviation (International Civil Aviation Organization—ICAO)external icon
    Page last reviewed: December 12, 2019
    Content source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID), Division of Global Migration and Quarantine (DGMQ)
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      • History of Quarantine
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      • Final Rules for Control of Communicable Diseases: Interstate and Foreign – Scope and Definitions
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        • Regulatory Burden Report
        • Q & As about the Final Rule for Control of Communicable Diseases: Interstate (Domestic) and Foreign Quarantine
      • Interim Final Rule for Control of Communicable Diseases: Foreign Quarantineplus icon
        • Q & As about the Interim Final Rule for Control of Communicable Diseases: Foreign Quarantine
      • Order: Implementing Presidential Proclamation on Safe Resumption of Global Travel During the COVID-19 Pandemicplus icon
        • Technical Instructions for Implementing Presidential Proclamation Advancing Safe Resumption of Global Travel During the COVID-19 Pandemic and CDC’s Amended Order
        • Aircraft Operators/Airlines/Crew FAQs Requirement for Proof of COVID-19 Vaccination for Non-U.S. citizen Air Passengers who Are Nonimmigrants Traveling to the United States
      • Order: Requirements for Negative Pre-Departure COVID-19 Test Result or Documentation of Recovery from COVID-19 for Aircraft Passengers Traveling to the United States from the People’s Republic of Chinaplus icon
        • Aircraft Operators/Airlines/Crew FAQs Requirements for Negative Pre-departure COVID-19 Test Results or Documentation of Recovery from COVID-19 for Passengers Traveling to the US from China
      • Order: Requirement for Proof of Negative COVID-19 Test or Recovery from COVID-19 for Air Passengers Arriving into the United States
      • Order: Requirement for Airlines and Operators to Collect Contact Information for All Passengers Arriving into the United Statesplus icon
        • Technical Instructions for CDC’s Contact Information Collection Order
      • Order: Wearing of face masks while on conveyances and at transportation hubsplus icon
        • Mask Requirement
      • Order: Requirement for Airlines to Collect Contact Information from Passengers Who Were in DRC or Guinea
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        • Preventing Spread of Disease: Guidance for Cabin Crew
        • Coronavirus Disease 2019 Guidance
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        • Zika Q & A
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      • Reporting Death or Illness on Shipsplus icon
        • Definitions: Signs, Symptoms, & Conditions
        • Investigation Form: Explanation of Key Fields
        • Federal Regulations: Reporting Death or Illness
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      • Guidance on Risk Assessment and Management of Persons with Potential Ebola Virus Exposure
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