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Profile of international air passengers intercepted with illegal animal products in baggage at Guarulhos and Galeão airports in Brazil

Protection against biological material entering a country or region through airports is important because, through them, infectious agents can quickly reach exotic destinations and be disseminated. Illegal products of animal origin may contain hazardous infectious agents that can compromise animal a...

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Autores principales: de Melo, Cristiano Barros, Pinheiro de Sá, Marcos Eielson, Alves, Flaviane Faria, McManus, Concepta, Aragão, Lucas Fernandes, Belo, Bruno Benin, Campani, Paulo Ricardo, da Matta Ribeiro, Antonio Cavalcanti, Seabra, Christina Isoldi, Seixas, Luiza
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer International Publishing 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3925492/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24567878
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/2193-1801-3-69
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author de Melo, Cristiano Barros
Pinheiro de Sá, Marcos Eielson
Alves, Flaviane Faria
McManus, Concepta
Aragão, Lucas Fernandes
Belo, Bruno Benin
Campani, Paulo Ricardo
da Matta Ribeiro, Antonio Cavalcanti
Seabra, Christina Isoldi
Seixas, Luiza
author_facet de Melo, Cristiano Barros
Pinheiro de Sá, Marcos Eielson
Alves, Flaviane Faria
McManus, Concepta
Aragão, Lucas Fernandes
Belo, Bruno Benin
Campani, Paulo Ricardo
da Matta Ribeiro, Antonio Cavalcanti
Seabra, Christina Isoldi
Seixas, Luiza
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description Protection against biological material entering a country or region through airports is important because, through them, infectious agents can quickly reach exotic destinations and be disseminated. Illegal products of animal origin may contain hazardous infectious agents that can compromise animal and public health. The aim of this study was to identify associations between possession of illegal animal products in baggage and demographic characteristics of the passengers, as well as characteristics of their travel plans in the two main Brazilian international airports. A total of 457 passengers were divided into two groups: passengers identified as carrying illegal animal products and control. Passengers identified as carrying illegal animal products not stated on the accompanied baggage declaration completed a questionnaire, to aid in profiling. Nationality, origin, age and residency of passengers were analyzed using chi square, logistic regression and odds ratios. Passengers from Eastern Europe were the most likely to enter with animal products as were those aged between 35 and 55 years. When evaluating the departure point, the highest frequency was seen in those coming from Portugal. Passenger group, reasons for travel, amount and type of baggage were available only for passengers identified as carrying illegal animal products, noting that they prefer traveling alone, for leisure, bringing few bags. Such information can contribute to the early identification of passengers that have illegal animal products in baggage at Brazilian airports.
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spelling pubmed-39254922014-02-24 Profile of international air passengers intercepted with illegal animal products in baggage at Guarulhos and Galeão airports in Brazil de Melo, Cristiano Barros Pinheiro de Sá, Marcos Eielson Alves, Flaviane Faria McManus, Concepta Aragão, Lucas Fernandes Belo, Bruno Benin Campani, Paulo Ricardo da Matta Ribeiro, Antonio Cavalcanti Seabra, Christina Isoldi Seixas, Luiza Springerplus Research Protection against biological material entering a country or region through airports is important because, through them, infectious agents can quickly reach exotic destinations and be disseminated. Illegal products of animal origin may contain hazardous infectious agents that can compromise animal and public health. The aim of this study was to identify associations between possession of illegal animal products in baggage and demographic characteristics of the passengers, as well as characteristics of their travel plans in the two main Brazilian international airports. A total of 457 passengers were divided into two groups: passengers identified as carrying illegal animal products and control. Passengers identified as carrying illegal animal products not stated on the accompanied baggage declaration completed a questionnaire, to aid in profiling. Nationality, origin, age and residency of passengers were analyzed using chi square, logistic regression and odds ratios. Passengers from Eastern Europe were the most likely to enter with animal products as were those aged between 35 and 55 years. When evaluating the departure point, the highest frequency was seen in those coming from Portugal. Passenger group, reasons for travel, amount and type of baggage were available only for passengers identified as carrying illegal animal products, noting that they prefer traveling alone, for leisure, bringing few bags. Such information can contribute to the early identification of passengers that have illegal animal products in baggage at Brazilian airports. Springer International Publishing 2014-02-06 /pmc/articles/PMC3925492/ /pubmed/24567878 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/2193-1801-3-69 Text en © de Melo et al.; licensee Springer. 2014 This article is published under license to BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited.
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de Melo, Cristiano Barros
Pinheiro de Sá, Marcos Eielson
Alves, Flaviane Faria
McManus, Concepta
Aragão, Lucas Fernandes
Belo, Bruno Benin
Campani, Paulo Ricardo
da Matta Ribeiro, Antonio Cavalcanti
Seabra, Christina Isoldi
Seixas, Luiza
Profile of international air passengers intercepted with illegal animal products in baggage at Guarulhos and Galeão airports in Brazil
title Profile of international air passengers intercepted with illegal animal products in baggage at Guarulhos and Galeão airports in Brazil
title_full Profile of international air passengers intercepted with illegal animal products in baggage at Guarulhos and Galeão airports in Brazil
title_fullStr Profile of international air passengers intercepted with illegal animal products in baggage at Guarulhos and Galeão airports in Brazil
title_full_unstemmed Profile of international air passengers intercepted with illegal animal products in baggage at Guarulhos and Galeão airports in Brazil
title_short Profile of international air passengers intercepted with illegal animal products in baggage at Guarulhos and Galeão airports in Brazil
title_sort profile of international air passengers intercepted with illegal animal products in baggage at guarulhos and galeão airports in brazil
topic Research
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3925492/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24567878
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/2193-1801-3-69
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