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cord-016136-vxjyjql6	Burge, Harriet A.	Airplanes and Infectious Disease	2005-08-08		.txt	text/plain	3296	175	53	The risk of contracting such diseases depends on the presence of an infected person who is shedding infectious particles and sufficient exposure of a sensitive person to achieve an adequate dose to cause disease. However, because of the distances that can be traversed in a relatively short time, the crowded conditions on most commercial aircraft, and the inability to "escape", concern regarding the risk of contracting infectious disease during air travel has become significant [3, 4] . The risk of disease transmission is related to the probability that one or more individuals infected with the agent will be present in the environment. Given that some very common upper respiratory infections are airborne, and others produce copious droplets that could easily infect adjacent passengers, it is likely that such disease transmission does occur routinely on aircraft as it does in any other crowded environment.	./cache/cord-016136-vxjyjql6.txt	./txt/cord-016136-vxjyjql6.txt