Empirical Evidence for the Effect of Airline Travel on Inter-Regional Influenza Spread in the United States
Empirical Evidence for the Effect of Airline Travel on Inter-Regional Influenza Spread in the United States
Background The influence of air travel on influenza spread has been the subject of numerous investigations using simulation, but very little empirical evidence has been provided. Understanding the role of airline travel in large-scale influenza spread is especially important given the mounting threat of an influenza pandemic. Several recent simulation …