Protection by face masks against influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 virus on trans-pacific passenger aircraft, 2009

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1403-1410

  Zhang, Lijie ^a   Peng, Zhibin ^a   Ou, Jianming ^b   Zeng, Guang ^a   Fontaine, Robert E ^d   Liu, Mingbin ^a,c   Cui, Fuqiang ^a   Hong, Rongtao ^b   Zhou, Hang ^a   Huai, Yang ^e   Chuang, Shuk Kwan ^f   Leung, Yiu Hong ^f   Feng, Yunxia ^a   Luo, Yuan ^a   Shen, Tao ^a   Zhu, Bao Ping ^a   Widdowson, Marc Alain ^d   Yu, Hongjie ^a  

^a CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^b Fujian Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^c Nanchang Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^e China Emerging Infectious Diseases Program   (China)

^f Hong Kong Department of Health   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRCRAFT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; EPIDEMIC; FACE MASK; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1 PDM09; INTERVIEW; MALE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SORE THROAT; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; INFLUENZA A VIRUS (H1N1); INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MASK; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRAVEL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIRCRAFT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MASKS; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRAVEL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84882603630     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1909.121765     Document Type: Article

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