In-Flight Transmission of SARS-CoV-2

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...

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Autores principales: Choi, Edward M., Chu, Daniel K.W., Cheng, Peter K.C., Tsang, Dominic N.C., Peiris, Malik, Bausch, Daniel G., Poon, Leo L.M., Watson-Jones, Deborah
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2020
Materias:
Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7588512/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32946370
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2611.203254
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Sumario: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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