Most Common Causes of Death Among Travelers on Aircraft and Maritime Vessels and During Land-Border Crossings Reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2008-2022
Travelers with cardiovascular- or pulmonary-related conditions should consult their health care providers prior to international travel. All travelers should check travel recommendations such as those currently available on CDC travel pages. Public health authorities should consider population-based mitigation measures aimed at transmission risk reduction to limit morbidity and mortality during infectious disease outbreaks.
Authors
- Francisco Alvarado‐Ramy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6308-9653)
- Alida M. Gertz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8025-3793)
- Erin Rothney (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7826-7632)
- Deborah Christensen
- Sundari Mase (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5363-0637)
- Justice King (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-2861-8345)
- Shannon Gearhart (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9005-830X)
- Clive Brown (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8858-4578)
- Samantha Swisher (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8511-8072)
- Nancy Ortiz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4895-0895)
- Leigh Ellyn Preston (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0521-4844)
- Maureen Fonseca‐Ford (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4730-7259)
- Leslie Hausman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9648-4032)
- Zenia Sunavala (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-9559-9541)
- George A. Pourakis
Institutions
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (US)
- National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (US)
- Epidemic Intelligence Service (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Public Health Reports
- Published
- 2025-08-11
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1177/00333549251358657
- Primary Topic
- Travel-related health issues
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00