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When contagion strikes, it's Honolulu you should avoid
Wed, 2012-08-08 15:34 — Corey Wattssubmitted by Cody Shearer
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www.guardian.co.uk - July 24, 2012 - Posted by Nadja Popovich
When the next outbreak of Sars or Swine flu hits, New York's John F Kennedy airport and Los Angeles's airports will likely be the key spreaders of disease, according to a new study. But while the influence of these super-hubs may not come as much of a surprise, the third most outbreak-friendly airport in the states is far smaller, and far less obvious – Honolulu International.
In a paper published Monday in the journal PLoS One, a team of researchers from MIT outlined a new computer model that predicts how the 40 largest American airports may contribute to the diffusion of contagious disease within the first few days of a potential epidemic.
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