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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
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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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author Choi, Edward M.
Chu, Daniel K.W.
Cheng, Peter K.C.
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Peiris, Malik
Bausch, Daniel G.
Poon, Leo L.M.
Watson-Jones, Deborah
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description 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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spelling pubmed-75885122020-11-01 In-Flight Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 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 Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch 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. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2020-11 /pmc/articles/PMC7588512/ /pubmed/32946370 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2611.203254 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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