By: Ben R. Wilkinson, MB, FRCSC [2]
As a retired physician, I no longer read the Journal as fully as I used to, but I was attracted to the article on swine flu (BCMJ 2009;51[6]:257 [11]). I wanted to know how long I have to wait after contacting someone who is sick in order to know that I have not caught swine flu. In other words, what is the incubation period of this particular virus? I expected an article entitled “What the physician needs to know” to give me that information. Unfortunately, despite reading the “definitive article” twice, I am still in the dark!
—Ben Wilkinson, FRCSC
Cedar
Links
[1] https://bcmj.org/cover/october-2009
[2] https://bcmj.org/author/ben-r-wilkinson-mb-frcsc
[3] https://bcmj.org/node/3308
[4] https://bcmj.org/sites/default/files/BCMJ_51Vol8-Oct-09.pv_.pdf
[5] https://bcmj.org/print/letters/swine-flu-questions
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[11] https://bcmj.org/issues/swine-origin-influenza-virus-what-clinician-needs-know
[12] https://bcmj.org/modal_forms/nojs/webform/176
[13] https://bcmj.org/%3Finline%3Dtrue%23citationpop