Emirates Medical Services, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Asia Pac J Public Health. 2010 Jul;22(3 Suppl):137S-143S. doi: 10.1177/1010539510373130.
The advent of long-haul travel in the past 10 years has considerably reduced the time of potential disease spread from one side of the world to the other. The implication for travelers is that they may unwittingly be in the prodromal phase of influenza and become symptomatic a few days after travel. Alternatively they may knowingly travel with an infectious disease by masking symptoms. This article outlines the myths that have abounded about the cabin environment being "unclean" and discusses the low likelihood of in-flight transmission with effective air-conditioning and filtration systems. The 2009 H1N1 pandemic highlighted the operational challenges of dealing with infectious disease, including the need for accurate passenger information to allow contact tracing, in contrast to futile measures such as thermal scanners. Containment attempts did not stop the rapid global spread of H1N1 influenza.
过去 10 年中长途旅行的出现大大缩短了疾病从世界一端传播到另一端的时间。这对旅行者来说意味着，他们可能在不知不觉中处于流感的前驱期，并在旅行几天后出现症状。或者，他们可能故意掩盖症状，带着传染病出行。本文概述了机舱环境“不卫生”的种种误解，并讨论了高效的空调和过滤系统使飞行中传播疾病的可能性极低。2009 年 H1N1 大流行凸显了应对传染病的运营挑战，包括需要准确的乘客信息以进行接触者追踪，而热扫描仪等徒劳无益的措施则不在考虑之列。遏制措施并没有阻止 H1N1 流感的迅速在全球传播。
