Estimated Airline Compliance With Predeparture SARS-CoV-2 Testing for Passengers on Flights to the United States,

Leigh Ellyn Preston1, Andre Berro1, Deborah Christensen1

  • 1Leigh Ellyn Preston, DrPH, MPH, and Deborah Christensen, PhD, RN, are Epidemiologists; Andre Berro, MPH, is a Health Scientist; Bukunmi Gesinde, MSPH, EdD, is a Quality Assurance Specialist; Arnold Vang, DrPH, MPH, MSPA, PA, is Deputy Branch Chief; Candice Gilliland, JD, MSFS, Kelly J. Epps, MPH, and James R. Cope, MPH, PhD, are Public Health Advisors; Erin Rothney, MPH, and Matt Palo, CPH, are Regional Officers in Charge; Clive Brown, MBBS, MPH, MSc, DTM&H, FRSPH, FASTMH, is Branch Chief; and Alida M. Gertz, MD, DrPH, MPH, MSc, DTM&H, is a Medical Officer; all at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA. Andrew D. Klevos, PhD, MBA, MPH, is a Division Director, Department of Homeland Security, Washington, DC. Zoe D'Angelo is a Research Assistant, Evidence-Informed State Health Policy Institute, AcademyHealth, Brooklyn, NY. John Olmstead, MPH, and Emma Shearer, MPH, are Epidemiologists, Georgia Department of Public Health, Atlanta, GA; they were Fellows, Applied Epidemiology Fellowship Program, Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists, Atlanta, GA. Bhavna Guduguntla, MD, is an Internal Medicine Resident, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO; she was a CDC Epidemiology Elective Student and Medical Student, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI. Josie Decherd, MPH, was a Graduate Student, CDC Student Work Experience Program, Texas A&M University, College Station TX.

Health Security
|October 22, 2024
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