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Alternative Title:
Emerg Infect Dis
Personal Author:
Zhang, Lijie ; Peng, Zhibin ; Ou, Jianming ; Zeng, Guang ; Fontaine, Robert E. ; ... More +
Zhang, Lijie ; Peng, Zhibin ; Ou, Jianming ; Zeng, Guang ; Fontaine, Robert E. ; Liu, Mingbin ; Cui, Fuqiang ; Hong, Rongtao ; Zhou, Hang ; Huai, Yang ; Chuang, Shuk-Kwan ; Leung, Yiu-Hong ; Feng, Yunxia ; Luo, Yuan ; Shen, Tao ; Zhu, Bao-Ping ; Widdowson, Marc-Alain ; Yu, Hongjie Less -
Description:
In response to several influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 infections that developed in passengers after they traveled on the same 2 flights from New York, New York, USA, to Hong Kong, China, to Fuzhou, China, we assessed transmission of influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 virus on these flights. We defined a case of infection as onset of fever and respiratory symptoms and detection of virus by PCR in a passenger or crew member of either flight. Illness developed only in passengers who traveled on the New York to Hong Kong flight. We compared exposures of 9 case-passengers with those of 32 asymptomatic control-passengers. None of the 9 case-passengers, compared with 47% (15/32) of control-passengers, wore a face mask for the entire flight (odds ratio 0, 95% CI 0-0.71). The source case-passenger was not identified. Wearing a face mask was a protective factor against influenza infection. We recommend a more comprehensive intervention study to accurately estimate this effect.
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Adolescent Adult Aircraft Case-Control Studies Child Communicable Disease Control Disease Outbreaks Expedited Female Humans Influenza, Human Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype Male Masks Middle Aged Retrospective Studies Travel Young Adult
Source:
Emerg Infect Dis. 19(9):1403-1410.
Document Type:
Journal Article
Place as Subject:
China ; Hong Kong ; United States
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Location:
Asia ; North America
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Collection(s):
Emerging Infectious Diseases
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urn:sha256:c89a3f7ca5bf885530c5ad0fcd7837d20a6f904f0b2fd784b562cbf496dd55f8
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https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/20881/cdc_20881_DS1.pdf
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