System Accurately Predicts Spread Of H1N1

A new scientific system developed by a St. Michael’s Hospital physician, designed to rapidly evaluate the world’s air traffic patterns, accurately predicted how the H1N1 virus would spread around the world, according to research published in the New England Journal of Medicine. St. Michael’s Hospital scientist and infectious disease physician Dr. Kamran Khan and colleagues analyzed the flight itineraries of the more than 2.

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Filed under: Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses on July 1st, 2009