Author: Stamatakis CE, Rice ME, Washburn FM, Krohn KJ, Bannerman M, Regan JJ.
Summary:
From January 2010 to December 2014, the authors conducted a descriptive study of mandated maritime illness and death reports of probable diagnoses and requested notifications to the CDC’s Division of Global Migration and Quarantine, which operates the CDC’s Quarantine Stations.
Individual maritime case reports received by CDC Quarantine Stations totaled 2891, with 76.8% (2221/2891) being illness reports and 23.2% (670/2891) being death reports. Varicella was the most often reported individual illness (35.9%, 797/2221), while cardiovascular or pulmonary illnesses were the most frequently reported causes of death (79.6%, 533/670). Within aggregate notifications, 7695 cases of influenza-like illness were received. The CDC coordinated 63 contact investigations with partners to identify 972 contacts; 88.0% (855/972) were notified, and 6.5% (19/293) were documented as receiving post-exposure prophylaxis.
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