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2019-10-21Zeitschriftenartikel DOI: 10.25646/6623
Exit and Entry Screening Practices for Infectious Diseases among Travelers at Points of Entry: Looking for Evidence on Public Health Impact
dc.contributor.authorMouchtouri, Varvara A.
dc.contributor.authorChristoforidou, Eleni P.
dc.contributor.authoran der Heiden, Maria
dc.contributor.authorMenel Lemos, Cinthia
dc.contributor.authorFanos, Margherita
dc.contributor.authorRexroth, Ute
dc.contributor.authorGrote, Ulrike
dc.contributor.authorBelfroid, Evelien
dc.contributor.authorSwaan, Corien
dc.contributor.authorHadjichristodoulou, Christos
dc.date.accessioned2020-03-31T08:38:53Z
dc.date.available2020-03-31T08:38:53Z
dc.date.issued2019-10-21none
dc.identifier.other10.3390/ijerph16234638
dc.identifier.urihttp://edoc.rki.de/176904/6583
dc.description.abstractA scoping search and a systematic literature review were conducted to give an insight on entry and exit screening referring to travelers at points of entry, by analyzing published evidence on practices, guidelines, and experiences in the past 15 years worldwide. Grey literature, PubMed. and Scopus were searched using specific terms. Most of the available data identified through the systematic literature review concerned entry screening measures at airports. Little evidence is available about entry and exit screening measure implementation and effectiveness at ports and ground crossings. Exit screening was part of the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) temporary recommendations for implementation in certain points of entry, for specific time periods. Exit screening measures for Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in the three most affected West African countries did not identify any cases and showed zero sensitivity and very low specificity. The percentages of confirmed cases identified out of the total numbers of travelers that passed through entry screening measures in various countries worldwide for Influenza Pandemic (H1N1) and EVD in West Africa were zero or extremely low. Entry screening measures for Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) did not detect any confirmed SARS cases in Australia, Canada, and Singapore. Despite the ineffectiveness of entry and exit screening measures, authors reported several important concomitant positive effects that their impact is difficult to assess, including discouraging travel of ill persons, raising awareness, and educating the traveling public and maintaining operation of flights from/to the affected areas. Exit screening measures in affected areas are important and should be applied jointly with other measures including information strategies, epidemiological investigation, contact tracing, vaccination, and quarantine to achieve a comprehensive outbreak management response. Based on review results, an algorithm about decision-making for entry/exit screening was developed.eng
dc.language.isoengnone
dc.publisherRobert Koch-Institut
dc.rights(CC BY 3.0 DE) Namensnennung 3.0 Deutschlandger
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/de/
dc.subjectbordereng
dc.subjectscreeningeng
dc.subjectpoints of entryeng
dc.subjectporteng
dc.subjectairporteng
dc.subjectground crossingeng
dc.subjecthealth measureeng
dc.subjectPHEICeng
dc.subjectIHReng
dc.subject.ddc610 Medizin und Gesundheitnone
dc.titleExit and Entry Screening Practices for Infectious Diseases among Travelers at Points of Entry: Looking for Evidence on Public Health Impactnone
dc.typearticle
dc.identifier.urnurn:nbn:de:kobv:0257-176904/6583-9
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.25646/6623
dc.type.versionpublishedVersionnone
local.edoc.container-titleEnvironmental Research and Public Healthnone
local.edoc.type-nameZeitschriftenartikel
local.edoc.container-typeperiodical
local.edoc.container-type-nameZeitschrift
local.edoc.container-urlhttps://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/16/23/4638none
local.edoc.container-publisher-nameMolecular Diversity Preservation International (MDPI)none
local.edoc.container-volume16none
local.edoc.container-issue23none
local.edoc.container-year2019none
local.edoc.container-firstpage1none
local.edoc.container-lastpage53none
local.edoc.rki-departmentInfektionsepidemiologienone
dc.description.versionPeer Reviewednone

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