HEALTHY SAILING scoping search inventories

Topic A search terms included:

  1. (infection OR infectious OR communicable OR disease OR illness OR sickness OR public health threat)

AND

  1. (ship OR boat OR cruise OR ferry OR ferryboat OR ferries OR expedition vessel OR port OR seaport OR harbour OR harbor OR pier OR anchorage OR marine terminal OR port of embarkation)

AND

  1. (traveller OR traveler OR tourist OR passenger OR crew OR crewmember OR seafarer OR seaman OR seamen OR port worker OR terminal worker)

Note: different forms of search terms including plural were used.

Records under the Topic A inventory were categorized and searchable as follows:

Publication details:
  • publication year
  • publication type
Type of infectious disease addressed:
  • specific for respiratory diseases (ILI, COVID-19, SARS-CoV-1 etc.)
  • specific for gastroenteritis
  • specific for other vaccine-preventable diseases (varicella, measles, rubella, mumps etc.)
  • specific for Legionnaires’ disease
  • specific for sexually transmitted infections (MPX, HIV etc.)
  • specific for vector-borne diseases (malaria, Zika etc.)
  • other diseases (Ebola etc.)
  • more than one type of disease addressed
Setting addressed:
NOTE: if publication did not indicate the specific passenger vessel type, it was categorized as all types of passenger vessels
  • cruise ship
  • ferry
  • expedition vessel
  • river cruise
  • seaport
  • port community
Population addressed:
  • passenger
  • crew
  • shore-side / port personnel / other stakeholders
  • general population
Measures addressed:
  • measures applied to travellers (e.g., screening, vaccination, isolation, quarantine)
  • measures applied to the environment (e.g., cleaning, disinfection)
  • modelling of measures or other factors

Region addressed:

NOTE: if publication is not specific to one region, it was categorized as : all regions/more than one region
  • Europe
  • USA
  • Other
  • All regions/more than one region

To access the Topic A inventory of publications, please view below: