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Posted by PLOS_ONE_Group on 27 Jul 2012 at 22:35 GMT

The following articles represent some of the media coverage that has occurred for this paper:

Publication: Bay News 9
Title: “America's riskiest airports for contagious diseases”
http://www.baynews9.com/c...

Publication: CNN
Title: “Researchers list top 10 airports for spreading disease - CNN.com”
http://edition.cnn.com/20...

Publication: The Atlantic
Title: “Your Airport Is a Petri Dish - Brian Fung - The Atlantic”
http://www.theatlantic.co...

Publication: USA Today
Title: “Healthy Perspective: The latest health & wellness news with a dose of conversation - USATODAY.com”
http://yourlife.usatoday....

Publication: Huffington Post
Title: “U.S. Airports That Are 'Likely' To Influence The Spread Of Pandemics (PHOTOS)”
http://www.huffingtonpost...

Publication: RT Magazine
Title: “American airports to kick-start global epidemic - RT”
http://rt.com/usa/news/ep...

Publication: Health Day News
Title: “Airports in N.Y., L.A., Hawaii Deemed Worst for Pandemic Spread”
http://consumer.healthday...

Publication: Daily Mail
Title: “JFK ranks first in study of US airports by power to spread epidemics | Mail Online”
http://www.dailymail.co.u...

Publication: Daily Mail
Title: “Alarming MIT report reveals JFK and LAX airports would be key spreaders of virulent diseases like SARS | Mail Online”
http://www.dailymail.co.u...

Publication: Los Angeles Times
Title: “LAX: For jump-starting a pandemic, we're No. 2! We're No. 2! - Los Angeles Times”
http://articles.latimes.c...

Publication: Scientific American 60 Second Health
Title: “Certain Airports Are Disease-Spread Hot Spots: Scientific American Podcast”
http://www.scientificamer...

Publication: UPI
Title: “Airports ranked in spreading disease - UPI.com”
http://www.upi.com/Health...

Publication: Gawker
Title: “Honolulu Airport: Bronze Medalist for Airport Most Likely to Spread the Next Major Outbreak of Disease”
http://gawker.com/5929140...

Publication: Medical News Today
Title: “Study Examines Role Of Airports In Spreading Disease”
http://www.medicalnewstod...

Publication: Take Part
Title: “Germ Airways, You're Cleared for Takeoff: The U.S. Airports Most Likely to Spread Pandemics”
http://www.takepart.com/a...

Publication: Global Post
Title: “Airports that spread disease, study finds JFK, LAX, HNL worst”
http://www.globalpost.com...

Publication: MIT News
Title: “New model of disease contagion ranks U.S. airports in terms of their spreading influence - MIT News Office”
http://web.mit.edu/newsof...

Publication: NPR
Title: “Epidemics Prefer Changing Planes In JFK Over ATL : Shots - Health Blog : NPR”
http://www.npr.org/blogs/...

Publication: The Verge
Title: “MIT model shows the most influential US airports for spreading disease | The Verge”
http://www.theverge.com/2...

Publication: French Tribune
Title: “Airports Deemed To Be Contaminated With Germs | French Tribune”
http://frenchtribune.com/...

Publication: The Guardian
Title: “When contagion strikes, it's Honolulu you should avoid | World news | guardian.co.uk”
http://www.guardian.co.uk...

Publication: KITV News
Title: “Honolulu International Airport: spreading more than Aloha? | Local News - KITV Home”
http://www.kitv.com/news/...

Publication: AviationPros
Title: “New Model of Disease Contagion Ranks U.S. Airports in Terms of Their Spreading Influence”
http://www.aviationpros.c...

Publication: Government Security News
Title: “New computer modeling technique shows how airports are key in spreading contagion | Government Security News”
http://www.gsnmagazine.co...

Publication: Boing Boing
Title: “MIT models which airports are most likely to spread disease - Boing Boing”
http://boingboing.net/201...

Publication: io9
Title: “The places where an epidemic is most likely to start spreading in the United States”
http://io9.com/5928463/th...

Publication: The Atlantic Cities
Title: “The U.S. Airports Most Likely To Influence the Spread of Global Disease - Commute - The Atlantic Cities”
http://www.theatlanticcit...

Publication: Deseret News
Title: “Airports in N.Y., Los Angeles, Hawaii most likely to aid spread of contagion, study says | Deseret News”
http://www.deseretnews.co...

Publication: MIT
Title: “New model of disease contagion ranks U.S. airports in terms of their spreading influence - MIT Media Relations”
http://web.mit.edu/press/...

Publication: Wired UK
Title: “MIT maps US airports most likely to spread a pandemic (Wired UK)”
http://www.wired.co.uk/ne...

Publication: The Guardian
Title: “When contagion strikes, it's Honolulu you should avoid | World news | guardian.co.uk”
http://www.guardian.co.uk...

Publication: LA Times
Title: “LAX: For jump-starting a pandemic, we're No. 2! We're No. 2! - latimes.com”
http://www.latimes.com/he...

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Competing interests declared: PLOS ONE Staff

RE: Media Coverage of This Article

PLOS_ONE_Group replied to PLOS_ONE_Group on 06 Aug 2012 at 20:15 GMT

The following article represents some of the media coverage that has occurred for this paper:

Publication: International Business Times
Title: “Which US Airports Are Most Likely To Spread Disease? - International Business Times”
http://www.ibtimes.com/ar...

Publication: International Science Times
Title: “JFK Ranked Worst Airport For Infectious Disease - International Science Times”
http://www.isciencetimes....

Publication: Journal Sentinel
Title: “How airports influence epidemics - JSOnline”
http://www.jsonline.com/b...

Publication: Newser
Title: “America's Worst Airport for Spreading Disease Is ... - ... New York's JFK, scientists say”
http://www.newser.com/sto...

Publication: The Inquisitr
Title: “MIT Determines Most Congested Airport In United States, Most Likely To Spread Diseases Around The World”
http://www.inquisitr.com/...

Publication: WHSV.com
Title: “Researchers Rank Top 10 Airports for Spreading Disease”
http://www.whsv.com/news/...

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