Study Finds Two-Seat ‘Hot Zone’ for Flu Spread on Planes
Denise Mann, HealthDay Reporter
WEDNESDAY, June 15 (HealthDay News) — During the H1N1 flu pandemic of 2009, some people stopped flying out of fear of catching the virus while in the close quarters of an airplane cabin, but a new study shows that the “danger zone” for flu transmission is just a two-seat circumference around where you are sitting.
It had been thought that this hot zone was much larger, according to research published in the July issue of Emerging Infectious Diseases, a publication of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
