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The recent global outbreak of Influenza A (H1N1), or the more commonly known as swine flu, has negatively affected the tourism and hospitality industries in many countries. This article reports a study that applied independent component analysis, a novel statistical technique, to separate the...

Author(s)
Wu, E. H. C.; Law, R.; Jiang, B.
Publisher
Elsevier Ltd, Oxford, UK
Citation
International Journal of Hospitality Management, 2010, 29, 4, pp 751-753
Abstract

Background: The global travel and tourism industry has been rapidly expanding in the past decades. The traditional focus on border screening, and by airline and cruise industries may be inadequate due to the incubation period of an infectious disease. This case study highlights the potential role...

Author(s)
Hung, K. K. C.; Mark, C. K. M.; Yeung, M. P. S.; Chan, E. Y. Y.; Graham, C. A.
Publisher
BioMed Central Ltd, London, UK
Citation
Globalization and Health, 2018, 14, 117, pp (27 November 2018)
Abstract

Background: Little is known about hostellers' knowledge of transmission and prevention of avian influenza when travelling abroad. This study was designed to investigate these in the Australian context. Methods: In 2006, hostellers attending a travellers' information evening in Brisbane, Queensland, ...

Author(s)
Leggat, P. A.; Mills, D.; Speare, R.
Publisher
Elsevier, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Citation
Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2007, 5, 1, pp 53-56
Abstract

A 25-year-old Mexican man arrived in Hong Kong (China) from Mexico via Shanghai on 30 April 2009. He attended the hospital emergency room because of fever, productive cough and myalgia on the same day. His total white cell count was 4.7×109/litre, with lymphopenia of 0.9×109/litre. Reverse...

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Lau, S. K. P.; Chan KwokHung; Yip, C. C. Y.; Ng TakKeung; Tsang, O. T. Y.; Woo, P. C. Y.; Yuen KwokYung
Publisher
American Society for Microbiology (ASM), Washington, USA
Citation
Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 2009, 47, 7, pp 2344-2346

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