Fundamentals Of Microbiology 10th Edition by Jeffrey Pommerville

Exercise 33

A Boeing 737 bound for Kodiak, Alaska, developed engine trouble and was forced to land. While the airline rounded up another aircraft, the passengers sat for 4 hours in the unventilated cabin. One passenger, it seemed, was in the early stages ofinfluenza and was coughing heavily. By the week's end, 38 ofthe 54 passengers on the plane had developed influenza. Whatlessons about infectious disease does this incident teach