Dataset Information

Transmission of pandemic A/H1N1 2009 influenza on passenger aircraft: retrospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To assess the risk of transmission of pandemic A/H1N1 2009 influenza (pandemic A/H1N1) from an infected high school group to other passengers on an airline flight and the effectiveness of screening and follow-up of exposed passengers.

Design

Retrospective cohort investigation using a questionnaire administered to passengers and laboratory investigation of those with symptoms.

Setting

Auckland, New Zealand, with national and international follow-up of passengers.

Participants

Passengers seated in the rear section of a Boeing 747-400 long haul flight that arrived on 25 April 2009, including a group of 24 students and teachers and 97 (out of 102) other passengers in the same section of the plane who agreed to be interviewed.