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3294 (b) The following measures are applicable if there is a case of exanthematous typhus on board:

1. Medical inspection;

2. The sick shall be immediately disembarked, isolated, and deloused;

3. Any person suspected of harboring lice or having been exposed to infection shall also be deloused and may be subjected to surveillance for a period not exceeding 12 days, reckoned from the date of delousing;

4. Linen, personal effects, and other articles which the sanitary authority considers to be infected shall be disinsectized;

5. The parts of the aircraft which have been occupied by persons suffering from typhus and which the sanitary authority considers to be infected shall be disinsectized.

(a) If there has not been a case of smallpox on board, no sanitary measure may be carried out save in the case of persons who have within 14 days left a local area where smallpox is epidemic and who, in the opinion of the sanitary authority, are not sufficiently immunized. Such persons may be subjected, without prejudice to the terms of article 52, to vaccination, or to surveillance, or to vaccination followed by surveillance, the period of which shall not exceed 14 days from the date of arrival of the aircraft.

(b) The following measures are applicable if there is a case of smallpox on board:

1. Medical inspection;

2. The sick shall be immediately disembarked and isolated;

3. Other persons who there is reason to believe have been exposed to infection and who, in the opinion of the sanitary authority, are not sufficiently immunized, may be subjected to the measures provided in paragraph (a) of this article;