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Study Provides New Clues to How Flu Virus Spreads

People may more likely be exposed to the flu through airborne virus than previously thought, according to new research from the University of Maryland School of Public Health. The study also found that when flu patients wear a surgical mask, the release of virus in even the ...More

March 8, 2013

Posted in News, PPE & Standard Precautions

Researchers Ponder Role of Undetected Carriers as an Outbreak Source

Hospital personnel may be the source of a nosocomial outbreak (NO), but the role of undetected carriers as an outbreak source is yet unknown. Danzmann, et al. (2013) conducted a systematic review to evaluate outbreaks caused by healthcare workers. The Worldwide Outbreak ...More

February 25, 2013

Posted in News, PPE & Standard Precautions

Using Transportation Data to Predict Pandemics

In a world of increasing global connections, predicting the spread of infectious diseases is more complicated than ever. Pandemics no longer follow the patterns they did centuries ago, when diseases swept through populations town by town; instead, they spread quickly and ...More

February 18, 2013

Posted in News

Dust Plumes Power Intercontinental Microbial Migrations

Along with pollutants from Asia, trans-Pacific dust plumes deliver vast quantities of microbes to North America, according to a manuscript published online ahead of print in the journal Applied and Environmental Microbiology. "We detected thousands of unique microbial ...More

December 17, 2012

Posted in News

Study Says Air Travel Restrictions Should be a Priority When New Flu Pandemic Begins Overseas

During the early stages of a new influenza pandemic, travel restriction is an immediate and non-pharmaceutical means of retarding incidence growth. It extends the timeframe of effective mitigation, especially when the characteristics of the emerging virus are unknown. Chong ...More

November 19, 2012

Posted in News

Superbugs Ride Air Currents Around Hospital Units

Hospital superbugs can float on air currents and contaminate surfaces far from infected patients’ beds, according to University of Leeds researchers. The results of the study, which was funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), may explain ...More

October 11, 2012

Posted in News, Environmental Hygiene

Evolutionary Analysis Improves Ability to Predict the Spread of Influenza

With flu season around the corner, getting a seasonal vaccine might be one of the best ways to prevent people from getting sick. These vaccines only work, however, if their developers have accurately predicted which strains of the virus are likely to be active in the coming ...More

October 1, 2012

Posted in News

Researchers Map Molecular Details That Encourage H1N1 Transmission to Humans

The 2009 H1N1 pandemic influenza virus appears to have required certain mutations in order to be transmitted to humans, according to a paper in the September 2012 issue of the Journal of Virology. The research could prove extremely valuable for efforts to predict human ...More

September 20, 2012

Posted in News

New Model of Disease Contagion Ranks U.S. Airports in Terms of Their Spreading Influence

Public health crises of the past decade — such as the 2003 SARS outbreak, which spread to 37 countries and caused about 1,000 deaths, and the 2009 H1N1 flu pandemic that killed about 300,000 people worldwide — have heightened awareness that new viruses or bacteria could ...More

July 23, 2012

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Researcher Studies Spread of Infectious Disease on Aircraft

A new study is expected to provide the first detailed information on how infectious diseases may be transmitted aboard commercial airliners. Sponsored by aircraft manufacturer Boeing, the research will document patterns of passenger movement inside aircraft cabins and ...More

June 7, 2012

Posted in News

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