Travel Med Infect Dis

BackgroundDeaths and certain illnesses onboard ships arriving at US ports are required to be reported to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and notifications of certain illnesses are requested.MethodsWe performed a descriptive analysis of required maritime illness and death reports of presumptive diagnoses and requested notifications to CDC\u2019s Division of Global Migration and Quarantine, which manages CDC\u2019s Quarantine Stations, from January 2010 to December 2014.ResultsCDC Quarantine Stations received 2891 individual maritime case reports: 76.8% (2221/2891) illness reports, and 23.2% (670/2891) death reports. The most frequent individual illness reported was varicella (35.9%, 797/2221) and the most frequently reported causes of death were cardiovascular- or pulmonary-related conditions (79.6%, 533/670). There were 7695 cases of influenza-like illness received within aggregate notifications. CDC coordinated 63 contact investigations with partners to identify 972 contacts; 88.0% (855/972) were notified. There was documentation of 6.5% (19/293) receiving post-exposure prophylaxis. Three pertussis contacts were identified as secondary cases; and one tuberculosis contact was diagnosed with active tuberculosis.ConclusionThese data provide a picture of US maritime illness and death reporting and response. Varicella reports are the most frequent individual disease reports received. Contact investigations identified few cases of disease transmission.CC999999/Intramural CDC HHS/United StatesU38 OT000143/OT/OSTLTS CDC HHS/United States2018-03-21T00:00:00Z29037979PMC5861493vault:2761