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Aerospace Medical Association Task Force (2004). Emerging infectious fiseases including Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS): Guidelines for commercial air travel and air medical transport. Aviation, Space, & Environmental Medicine, Vol. 75, pp. 85-86.
Arcavi, L., & Benowitz, N. (2004). Cigarette smoking and infection. Archives of Internal Medicine, Vol. 164, pp. 2206-2216.
Brankston, G., Gitterman, L., Hirji, Z., Lemieux, C., & Gardam, M. (2007). Transmission of influenza A in human beings. The Lancet Infectious Diseases, doi:10.1016/S1473-3099(07)70029-4.
Brownstein, J., Wolfe, C., & Mandl, K. (2006). Empirical Evidence for the Effect of Airline Travel on Inter-Regional Influenza Spread in the United States. PLoS Med, 3(10): e401.
CDC (2006). Exposure to Mumps During Air Travel -- United States, April 2006. MMWR, 55(Dispatch);1-2
Farr, R., & Kane, P. (2003). Hepatitis in aviation personnel. Aviation, Space, & Environmental Medicine, Vol. 74, pp. 354-356.
Finkelstein, S., & Curdt-Christiansen, C. (2003). ICAO's anti-SARS airport activities. Aviation, Space, & Environmental Medicine, Vol. 74, pp. 1207-1208.
Hocking, M., & Foster, H. (2004). Common cold transmission in commercial aircraft: Industry and passenger implications. Journal of Environmental Health Research, Vol. 3, pp. 7-12.
Leder, K., & Newman, D. (2005). Respiratory infections during air travel. Internal Medicine Journal, Vol. 35, pp. 50-55.
Lee, C.-W., Tsai, Y.-S., Wong, T.-W., & Lau, C.-C. (2006). A loophole in international quarantine procedures disclosed during the SARS crisis. Travel Medicine & Infectious Disease, Vol. 4, pp. 22-28.
Mangili, A., & Gendreau, M. (2005). Transmission of infectious diseases during commercial air travel. Lancet, Vol. 365, pp. 989-996.
Mixeu, M., Vespa, G., Forleo-Neto, E., Toniolo-Neto, J., & Alves, P. (2002). Imapct of influenza vaccination on civilian aircrew illness and absenteeism. Aviation, Space, & Environmental Medicine, Vol. 73, pp. 876-880.
Mohler, S. (1991). Upper respiratory infections and the civil aviation crew member. Flight Safety Foundation: Human Factors & Aviation Medicine, Vol. 38, No. 3.
Mohler, S. (1998). Layovers in underdeveloped countries increase risk of contracting infectious diseases. Flight Safety Foundation: Human Factors & Aviation Medicine, Vol. 45, No. 6.
Olsen, S., Chang, H, Cheung, T., Tang, A., Fisk, T., Ooi, S., Kuo, H., Jiang, D., Chen, K., Lando, J., Hsu, K., Chen, T., & Dowell, S. (2003). Transmission of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome on Aircraft. New England Journal of Medicine, Vol. 349, pp. 2416-2422.
Riley, L. (2006). Bacterial meningitis exposure during and international flight: Lessons for communicable pathogens. Aviation, Space & Environmental Medicine, Vol. 75, pp. 168-171.
Rydock, J. (2004). Tracer study of proximity and recirculation effects on exposure risk in an airliner cabin. Aviation, Space & Environmental Medicine, Vol. 75, pp. 168-171.
Siedenburg, J., Perry, I., & Stuben, U. (2005). Tropical medicine and travel medicine: Medical advice for aviation medical examiners concerning flight operations in tropical areas. Aviation, Space & Environmental Medicine, Vol. 76 (3, Suppl.), A1-A30.
Simons, R., Valk, P., & Krul, A. (2005). Malaria prophylaxis for aircrew: Safety of atovaquone/proguanil in healthy volunteers under aircraft cabin pressure conditions. Journal of Travel Medicine, Vol. 12, pp. 210-216.
Whelan, E., Lawson, C., Grajewski, B., Petersen, M., Pinkerton, L., Ward, E., & Schnorr, T. (2003). Prevalence of respiratory symptoms among female flight attendants and teachers. Occupational & Environmental Medicine, Vol. 60, pp. 929-934.
Wick, R., & Irvine, L. (1995). The microbiological composition of airliner cabin air. Aviation, Space & Environmental Medicine, Vol. 66, pp. 220-224.
Zerr, D. (2003). Alcohol hand rub: A simple solution in search of champions. Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, Vol 159, pp. 502-503.
Zitter, J. (2002). Upper respiratory tract infections among airline passengers. Journal of the American Medical Assn., Vol. 288, pp. 2972-2973.
Zitter, J., Mazonson, P., Miller, D., Hulley, S., & Balmes, J. (2002). Aircraft cabin air recirculation and symptoms of the common cold. Journal of the American Medical Assn., Vol. 288, pp. 483-486.