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. 2014 Jan;20(1):118-20.
doi: 10.3201/eid2001.120101.

Contact tracing for influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 virus-infected passenger on international flight

Ananda G Shankar, Kulsum Janmohamed, Babatunde Olowokure, Gillian E Smith, Angela H Hogan, Valerie De Souza, Anders Wallensten, Isabel Oliver, Oliver Blatchford, Paul Cleary, Sue Ibbotson

Contact tracing for influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 virus-infected passenger on international flight

Ananda G Shankar et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2014 Jan.

Abstract

In April 2009, influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 virus infection was confirmed in a person who had been symptomatic while traveling on a commercial flight from Mexico to the United Kingdom. Retrospective public health investigation and contact tracing led to the identification of 8 additional confirmed cases among passengers and community contacts of passengers.

Keywords: Mexico; United Kingdom; aircraft passengers; contact tracing; in-flight exposure; infectious disease; influenza; influenza A(H1N1)pdm09; international flights; pandemic; swine flu; transmission; viruses.

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