Who uses public transport is six times more likely to see a doctor for respiratory infections than people who move around by car, bicycle or on foot. The researchers at the University of Nottingham conducted their study during the influenza season 2008/2009 durch.138 patients (72 of them with acute respiratory disease and 66 healthy control subjects) completed a questionnaire on the use of public transport, five days before the onset of symptoms and five days before the doctor made."We found a statistical association between acute respiratory diseases and the use of public transport. Opportunity for drivers, the risk was greatest, "said study leader Jonathan Van Tam, the findings in the online journal BMC Infectious Diseases published. Passengers of public transport had six times more frequently with acute respiratory illness to the doctor.
Although the study was very small and would need larger studies to follow, but the results justify the recommendation of all, to observe good hygiene, says the researcher. This was particularly true during the influenza season in the winter months - and even if one is actually suffering and constitutes a possible source of infection for passengers.
After all, there seems to be also a certain Abhärtungseffekt: people who use buses, trams and Co. daily, compared with occasional users seem better prepared against virus attacks to be.
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