In-Flight Transmission of Novel Influenza A (H1N1)

Epidemiol Health. 2010 May 31:32:e2010006. doi: 10.4178/epih/e2010006.

Abstract

The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed two patients, who had taken the same plane from Los Angeles to Seoul, with novel influenza A (H1N1). Through contact tracing, we concluded that the second patient was infected during the flight.

Keywords: Aircraft; Disease Outbreaks; Human; Influenza; Transmission; Ventilation.