id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-295189-bz3gi15h Jennings, Lance C. Respiratory viruses in airline travellers with influenza symptoms: Results of an airport screening study 2015-03-14 .txt text/plain 3264 166 48 STUDY DESIGN: Data were collected from travellers arriving at Christchurch International Airport, New Zealand, during the winter 2008, via a symptom questionnaire, temperature testing, and respiratory sampling. CONCLUSIONS: The high prevalence of respiratory virus infections caused by viruses other than influenza in this study, many with overlapping symptotology to influenza, has important implications for any screening strategies for the prediction of influenza in airline travellers. In a 2008 study, we sought to assess the prevalence of influenza infection in symptomatic and asymptomatic arriving international airline travellers and whether using a symptom-screening questionnaire and temperature measurement could reliably predict seasonal influenza infection [16] . The high prevalence of respiratory virus infections caused by viruses other than influenza in this study, many with overlapping symptoms to influenza, has important implications for any screening strategy for the prediction of influenza in airline travellers. ./cache/cord-295189-bz3gi15h.txt ./txt/cord-295189-bz3gi15h.txt