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In-Flight Transmission of SARS-CoV-2.

ABSTRACT: 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.

SUBMITTER: Choi EM

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7588512 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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In-Flight Transmission of SARS-CoV-2.

Choi Edward M EM Chu Daniel K W DKW Cheng Peter K C PKC Tsang Dominic N C DNC Peiris Malik M Bausch Daniel G DG Poon Leo L M LLM Watson-Jones Deborah D

Emerging infectious diseases 20200918 11

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. ...[more]

PMID: 32946370

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