Research conducted by the Johns Hopkins Whiting School of Engineering and the Johns ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ suggests that national air travel restrictions instituted on the same day of reported smallpox cases could slow, but not halt, the spread of the disease. The analysis was presented on March 24 during a poster session at the International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases in Atlanta hosted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The researchers created a mathematical model to estimate the spread on smallpox from city to city through air travel. Rebecca Freeman, graduate student, J. Hugh Ellis, PhD, professor of geography and environmental engineering, and , PhD, associate professor of , conducted the analysis.
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