id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-319483-be8v9kuu Mukherjee, Pratik Epidemiology of Travel-associated Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 Infection in 116 Patients, Singapore 2010-01-17 .txt text/plain 2889 144 53 To understand how travel patterns affected the initial outbreak, we examined epidemiologic and travel data for the first 116 case-patients admitted to Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore, with travel-associated infection. To understand how travel patterns affected the initial outbreak, we examined epidemiologic and travel data for the fi rst 116 case-patients admitted to Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore, with travel-associated infection. Human-to-human transmission of infl uenza during air travel has been reported to occur on fl ights of at least 8 hours and to affect passengers seated within 2 rows of the index case-patient (6) . During this initial period, travel from a pandemic (H1N1) 2009-affected During the containment phase, airport thermal scanners were used to detect fevers in arriving passengers at Singapore's Changi International Airport, and health advisories were used to encourage travelers in whom infl uenza-like symptoms developed after disembarkation to seek medical care. ./cache/cord-319483-be8v9kuu.txt ./txt/cord-319483-be8v9kuu.txt