Influenza Outbreaks among Passengers and Crew on Two Cruise Ships: A Recent Account of Preparedness and Response to an Ever-Present Challenge

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 306-311

  Millman, Alexander J ^a   Kornylo Duong, Krista ^a   Lafond, Kathryn ^a   Green, Nicole M ^b   Lippold, Susan A ^a   Jhung, Michael A ^a  

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

^b Los Angeles County Public Health Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CATERING SERVICE; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); INFLUENZA A (H3N2); INFLUENZA B VIRUS; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MALE; MEDICALLY ATTENDED ACUTE RESPIRATORY ILLNESS; PATIENT CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RAPID INFLUENZA DIAGNOSTIC TEST; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRAVEL; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNITED STATES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PROCEDURES; QUARANTINE; SANITATION; SHIP; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; PRIMARY PREVENTION; QUARANTINE; SANITATION; SHIPS; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84941188624     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: 17088305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jtm.12215     Document Type: Article

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