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Editor, Senior Moderator
Emerg Infect Dis. 2014 Jan;20(1):118-20. doi: 10.3201/eid2001.120101.
Contact Tracing for Influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 Virus-infected Passenger on International Flight.
Shankar AG, Janmohamed K, Olowokure B, Smith GE, Hogan AH, De Souza V, Wallensten A, Oliver I, Blatchford O, Cleary P, Ibbotson S.
Abstract
In April 2009, influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 virus infection was confirmed in a person who had been symptomatic while traveling on a commercial flight from Mexico to the United Kingdom. Retrospective public health investigation and contact tracing led to the identification of 8 additional confirmed cases among passengers and community contacts of passengers.
KEYWORDS:
Mexico, United Kingdom, aircraft passengers, contact tracing, in-flight exposure, infectious disease, influenza, influenza A(H1N1)pdm09, international flights, pandemic, swine flu, transmission, viruses
PMID:
24377724
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24377724
Contact Tracing for Influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 Virus-infected Passenger on International Flight.
Shankar AG, Janmohamed K, Olowokure B, Smith GE, Hogan AH, De Souza V, Wallensten A, Oliver I, Blatchford O, Cleary P, Ibbotson S.
Abstract
In April 2009, influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 virus infection was confirmed in a person who had been symptomatic while traveling on a commercial flight from Mexico to the United Kingdom. Retrospective public health investigation and contact tracing led to the identification of 8 additional confirmed cases among passengers and community contacts of passengers.
KEYWORDS:
Mexico, United Kingdom, aircraft passengers, contact tracing, in-flight exposure, infectious disease, influenza, influenza A(H1N1)pdm09, international flights, pandemic, swine flu, transmission, viruses
PMID:
24377724
[PubMed - in process]
Free full text
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24377724