Study finds H1N1 virus spreads easily by plane
Wednesday, January 6, 2010 - 18:49
in Biology & Nature
(PhysOrg.com) -- Viruses love plane travel. They get to fly around the world inside a closed container while their infected carrier breathes and coughs, spreading pathogens to other passengers, either by direct contact or through the air. And once people deplane, the virus can spread to other geographical areas.