Contact Tracing for Influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 Virus–infected Passenger on International Flight
Emerging Infectious Diseases·
- DOI
- 10.3201/eid2001.120101
- PMID
- 24377724
- PMCID
- PMC3884702
- OpenAlex
- W2137170253
- Study type
- Journal article
- Publisher
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
- Article type
- journal-article
- Integrity
- current
Why this research matters now
The report provides evidence that contact tracing around an infected international-flight passenger can identify additional confirmed cases across passenger and community-contact groups.
Structured evidence summary
Research question
The article describes a retrospective public health investigation and contact-tracing effort following confirmed influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 infection in a symptomatic passenger on an international commercial flight from Mexico to the United Kingdom.
Study design
Retrospective public health investigation with contact tracing; the supplied metadata identifies it as a peer-reviewed journal article.
Population and setting
The investigation concerned a symptomatic infected passenger, other passengers on a commercial flight from Mexico to the United Kingdom, and associated community contacts.
Main findings
The investigation identified eight additional confirmed cases among passengers and community contacts of passengers.
Public-health relevance
The report provides evidence that contact tracing around an infected international-flight passenger can identify additional confirmed cases across passenger and community-contact groups.
Important limitations
The supplied evidence is limited to one article's abstract and metadata and does not provide explicit methodological limitations; the original paper is required for decision-grade interpretation.
GIDS interpretation
Within the GIDS classifier context, the article is discoverable as a 2014 peer-reviewed report on influenza, outbreak investigation, surveillance, transmission dynamics, and travel medicine involving Mexico and the United Kingdom. The supplied text does not connect it to any live surveillance signal.
Related GIDS surveillance
Literature context does not validate, explain, or change a surveillance signal. Exact and contextual relationships are shown separately.
Evidence relationships
This article has 13 auditable classifier relationships to diseases, places, topics, and study design.