The Airplane Cabin Microbiome

Volume: 77, Issue: 1, Pages: 87 - 95
Published: Jun 6, 2018
Abstract
Serving over three billion passengers annually, air travel serves as a conduit for infectious disease spread, including emerging infections and pandemics. Over two dozen cases of in-flight transmissions have been documented. To understand these risks, a characterization of the airplane cabin microbiome is necessary. Our study team collected 229 environmental samples on ten transcontinental US flights with subsequent 16S rRNA sequencing. We found...
Paper Details
Title
The Airplane Cabin Microbiome
Published Date
Jun 6, 2018
Volume
77
Issue
1
Pages
87 - 95
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