Major swine flu outbreak at US Air Force Academy, unique opportu...

Courtesy EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health  Mon, 10/19/2009 - 22:00

(Elsevier Health Sciences) Investigators from the US Air Force Academy and US Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine Epidemiology Consult Service capitalized on a unique opportunity to gain valuable insights about the natural behavior of the nH1N1 virus, including shedding patterns, during a recent large-scale outbreak at the US Air Force Academy.

Results are reported in an article published online on Oct. 20, 2009, by the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.

It is the first published study of its kind.

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