Thursday, 21 March 2013

Study Shows That Measles Can Spread Beyond Those Seated Immediately Around An Infectious Person On Aeroplanes

New research published at this week's Annual Scientific Meeting of the Australian Society for Infectious Diseases (ASID) in Canberra, Australia, demonstrates that direct contact tracing of aeroplane passengers seated immediately around an infected person, as is currently recommended in Australian and other international public health guidelines, is not an effective strategy to prevent further cases. The research is by Dr Gary Dowse, Communicable Disease Control Directorate, Department of Health, Perth, WA, Australia, and colleagues...

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