In-flight transmission of SARS-CoV-2
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Four persons with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection had traveled on the same flight from Boston, Massachusetts, USA, to Hong Kong, China. Their virus genetic sequences are identical, unique, and belong to a clade not previously identified in Hong Kong, which strongly suggests that the virus can be transmitted during air travel.
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- Authors
- Choi, E. M., Chu, D. K. W., Cheng, P. K. C., Tsang, D. N. C., Peiris, M., Bausch, D. G., Poon, L. L. M., & Watson-Jones, D.
- Affiliations
- Department of Health (CN)
- Corresponding author
- Poon, Leo L.M.
- ORCID
- Venue
- Emerging Infectious Diseases
- Published
- 2020-11
- Volume
- 26
- Issue
- 11
- Pages
- 2713-2716
- ISSN
- 1080-6040 (ISSN-L)
- 1080-6059
- PMC
- PMC7588512
- OpenAlex
- W3087284872
- Cited by
- 76
- References
- 7
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 1 · 2024: 8 · 2023: 8 · 2022: 19 · 2021: 33 · 2020: 6
- FWCI
- 2.17
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- diamond
- doi.org
- Licence
- cc-by
- Locations
- Emerging infectious diseases (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- LSHTM Research Online (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine) (acceptedVersion)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
- Funders
- National Institute for Health and Care Research
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Public Health England
- Health and Medical Research Fund (COVID190205)
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (HHSN 272201400006C)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Infectious Diseases › SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine › Infection Control and Ventilation
- Physical Sciences › Mathematics › Modeling and Simulation › COVID-19 epidemiological studies
- Keywords
- SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 pandemic, in-flight transmission, air travel, airborne transmission, clade identification, nosocomial transmission, travel-associated infection
- MeSH terms
- Betacoronavirus, Travel-Related Illness, COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, Adult, Aged, Boston, Female, Hong Kong, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Pneumonia, Viral, Coronavirus Infections, Disease Transmission, Infectious, Pandemics, Air Travel
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