Air Travel and the Spread of Influenza: Important Caveats

Cécile Viboud; Mark A Miller; Bryan T Grenfell; Ottar N Bjørnstad; Lone Simonsen

doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.0030503

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Air Travel and the Spread of Influenza: Important Caveats

Cécile Viboud ,

* viboudc@mail.nih.gov

Affiliation Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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Mark A Miller,

Affiliation Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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Bryan T Grenfell,

Affiliation Center for Infectious Diseases Dynamics, Pennsylvania State University University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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Ottar N Bjørnstad,

Affiliation Center for Infectious Diseases Dynamics, Pennsylvania State University University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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Lone Simonsen

Affiliation National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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Air Travel and the Spread of Influenza: Important Caveats

Cécile Viboud,
Mark A Miller,
Bryan T Grenfell,
Ottar N Bjørnstad,
Lone Simonsen

Published: November 28, 2006
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0030503

About the Authors

Cécile Viboud

* viboudc@mail.nih.gov

Affiliation Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Mark A Miller

Affiliation Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Bryan T Grenfell

Affiliation Center for Infectious Diseases Dynamics, Pennsylvania State University University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Ottar N Bjørnstad

Lone Simonsen

Affiliation National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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