Comparison of Air Passenger Travel Volume Data Sources for Biosurveillance

The National Biosurveillance Integration Center (NBIC) has the responsibility to integrate, analyze, and share the nation’s biosurveillance information provided from capabilities distributed across public and private sectors. The integration of information enables early warning and shared situational awareness of biological events to inform critical decisions directing response and recovery efforts.

Objective

To evaluate different government and commercial air travel route and volume data sources for utility in determining likely points of arrival and subsequent spread of communicable diseases originating from outbreaks outside the United States.