Open AccessA case of tuberculosis on a long distance flight: the difficulties of the investigation
Author(s) -
A Vassiloyanakopoulos,
G Spala,
E Mavrou,
Christos Hadjichristodoulou
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
euro surveillance/eurosurveillance
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.766
H-Index - 104
eISSN - 1560-7917
pISSN - 1025-496X
DOI - 10.2807/esm.04.09.00083-en
Subject(s) - tuberculosis , airplane , transmission (telecommunications) , mycobacterium tuberculosis , disease , disease transmission , medicine , aeronautics , virology , computer science , aerospace engineering , engineering , pathology , telecommunications
Transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from passenger to passenger aboard a long airplane flight was reported in 1996. Other cases were previously published, in particular by the Centers for Disease Control which had then suggested criteria for epidem