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Effect of influenza B virus infection on human performance.

1993; BMJ; Volume: 306; Issue: 6880 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1136/bmj.306.6880.760

0959-8138

Andrew Smith, Marie Thomas, P. Brockman, Julie Kent, Karl G. Nicholson,

Biomedical and Engineering Education

Anecdotal evidence suggests that influenza reduces people's safety and efficiency in their workplace. Studies of experimentally induced influenza B in volunteers at the Medical Research Council Common Cold Unit showed that infection increased reaction times to stimuli occurring at varying intervals but that hand-eye coordination was unimpaired. We report the results of two studies to determine whether natural influenza B similarly prolongs human reaction times and whether other performance indicators are affected.