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Airport disease screening rarely worthwhile: study
The Canadian Press
Published Wednesday, April 10, 2013 10:26AM EDT
TORONTO -- A new study suggest airport screening for disease control rarely makes sense, but if it's undertaken it should be done at the source of the outbreak.
The researchers say the screening of passengers leaving via a few key airports near the epicentre of an outbreak is a better approach than having hundreds of airports around the world screen arriving passengers.
The research is based on a study of air travellers departing from Mexico in the early days of the 2009 H1N1 flu pandemic.
And it holds particular resonance right now because the world is watching China to see if a new bird flu virus infecting people there will trigger a pandemic.
The new H7N9 virus has sickened 33 people to date, killing nine of them -- but so far no cases have been found outside China.
Study author Dr. Kamran Khan says airport screening generally is a poor use of resources...
Airport disease screening rarely worthwhile: study
The Canadian Press
Published Wednesday, April 10, 2013 10:26AM EDT
TORONTO -- A new study suggest airport screening for disease control rarely makes sense, but if it's undertaken it should be done at the source of the outbreak.
The researchers say the screening of passengers leaving via a few key airports near the epicentre of an outbreak is a better approach than having hundreds of airports around the world screen arriving passengers.
The research is based on a study of air travellers departing from Mexico in the early days of the 2009 H1N1 flu pandemic.
And it holds particular resonance right now because the world is watching China to see if a new bird flu virus infecting people there will trigger a pandemic.
The new H7N9 virus has sickened 33 people to date, killing nine of them -- but so far no cases have been found outside China.
Study author Dr. Kamran Khan says airport screening generally is a poor use of resources...