Exposure to Patients With Meningococcal Disease on Aircraft--United States, 1999-2001.

Presents a case of air travel-associated meningococcal disease, or neisseria meningitidis, and guidelines for the management of persons potentially exposed to meningococcus during air travel. Details of the case report; Surveillance system employed by the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC); Note from the CDC that chemoprophylaxis is the primary means of prevention of secondary cases of meningococcal disease.