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06-30-2009, 10:50 AM
Only a flight away? Swine flu followed route map (http://in.reuters.com/article/health/idINN299033920090629)
Tue Jun 30, 2009 4:18am IST
By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Editor
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Health experts are fond of saying any new disease is just a flight away from anywhere, and a report published on Monday shows the new strain of H1N1 flu followed the airline route map as it spread around the globe.
The swine flu virus spread first and quickest in March and April in the United States and Canada -- where 80 percent of airline passengers traveled in March and April of 2008, researchers at St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto found.
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Tue Jun 30, 2009 4:18am IST
By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Editor
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Health experts are fond of saying any new disease is just a flight away from anywhere, and a report published on Monday shows the new strain of H1N1 flu followed the airline route map as it spread around the globe.
The swine flu virus spread first and quickest in March and April in the United States and Canada -- where 80 percent of airline passengers traveled in March and April of 2008, researchers at St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto found.
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