Transmission of infectious diseases during commercial air travel

Lancet

Volumn 365, Issue 9463, 2005, Pages 989-996

  Mangili, Alexandra ^a   Gendreau, Mark A ^b  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b LAHEY HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE INFECTION; AIRCRAFT; AIRPLANE CREW; AVIATION; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; COMMON COLD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FOOD POISONING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; INFLUENZA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; TUBERCULOSIS; ZOONOSIS; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; AIR CONDITIONING; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; FOOD CONTROL; GASTROENTERITIS; INFECTION CONTROL; MALARIA; MICROBIOLOGY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RISK FACTOR; TRAVEL;

AEROSPACE MEDICINE; AIR CONDITIONING; AIR MICROBIOLOGY; AIRCRAFT; BIOTERRORISM; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOOD POISONING; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; MALARIA; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RISK FACTORS; TRAVEL;

EID: 15844385304     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(05)71089-8     Document Type: Review

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