International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), COVID-19 Aviation Scientific Advisory Group (CASAG), COVID Literature Reviews

Vaccination and its Effect on SARS-CoV2 Onward Transmission: A Narrative Review: International air travel has been drastically reduced in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. Aviation organizations are concerned to understand when re-opening of quarantine-free travel may be safely achieved for vaccinated travellers. With over 1.5 billion vaccines now having been administered worldwide, there is a need to understand to what extent vaccination can prevent transmission. This could inform guidance on how to introduce vaccination as an extra layer of the multi-layered strategy, with a view to safely avoiding or reducing quarantine requirements. The pre-requisite question is: how effective is vaccination in preventing SARS-CoV2 transmission – with the subsidiary question, different but related: how effective is vaccination in preventing asymptomatic infection? Duration of immunity following SARS-CoV2 infection: A narrative review. As international aviation implements travel pathways that are influenced by vaccination and recovery from previous COVID-19 infection, aviation organizations need to understand the duration of effective immunity following SARS-CoV-2 infection. In particular, within the multi-layered risk mitigation strategy, where previous infection is known to greatly reduce the risk of contracting or transmitting SARS-CoV-2, this could inform guidance on the suitable maximum duration of certificates of recovery. Naturally acquired active immunity occurs when an individual is exposed to SARS-CoV-2 virus, becomes infected, and develops protective immunity as a result of the primary immune response. The adaptive immune response generated against the virus takes days or weeks to develop but may be long-lasting. This narrative review aims to inform how long naturally acquired immunity against SARS-CoV-2 lasts, as reported in the best scientific evidence available to date.

Project

• Status: Active
• Contract Numbers:

  N/A

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Department of Transportation

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Managing Organizations:

  Federal Aviation Administration

  800 Independence Avenue, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20591
• Performing Organizations:

  Civil Aerospace Medical Institute-Federal Aviation Administration

  P.O. Box 25082
  Oklahoma City, OK  United States  73125
• Principal Investigators:

  DeJohn, Charles

• Start Date: 20210518
• Expected Completion Date: 20211231
• Actual Completion Date: 20211231
• USDOT Program: Aeromedical Research
• Subprogram: aviation safety

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air travel; COVID-19; Health; Literature reviews; Medicine; Prevention; Safety; Science
• Identifier Terms: International Civil Aviation Organization
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Passenger Transportation; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01782617
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Federal Aviation Administration
• Contract Numbers: N/A
• Files: RIP, USDOT
• Created Date: Sep 22 2021 3:34PM