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Publication AbstractsTuberculosis on the Flight DeckA. J. Parmet, M.D., M.P.H.Aviat Space Environ Med 1999; 70:817-8 AbstractTuberculosis in commercial aircraft has been a concern since a 1995 incident of possible transmission from an active case of tuberculosis to passengers in the cabin of a 747. Subsequently, commercial air carriers have been vigilant in cooperating with public health authorities in tracking all known exposures to tuberculosis. In 1998, a pilot of a commercial airliner was diagnosed with active tuberculosis. Company records demonstrated that in the previous 6 mo, the pilot had flown with 48 other pilots. Every exposed pilot was contacted and evaluated by skin testing (IPPD) or chest x-ray if previously positive. There were no skin test conversions and no changes on x-rays. This study demonstrates that transmission of tuberculosis in the aircraft cabin environment, even under close and continuous exposure to an active case, is a rare event.Keywords: tuberculosis, cabin air quality, occupational illness. Information on subscribing, and on obtaining copies of an article or of an entire issue. Table of Contents for Volume 70, Number 8 of the ASME journal.
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