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Wednesday, March 14, 2007

New information about how flu is transmitted

This article has been updated and revised. The new version of this article can be found on AircrewBuzz.com:

How flu is transmitted aboard passenger airliners (Not the way you may think!)

Posted by B. N. Sullivan at 11:23

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