Transmission of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome on Aircraft
Author(s) -
Sonja J. Olsen,
Hsiao-Ling Chang,
Terence Yung-Yan Cheung,
Antony Fai-Yu Tang,
Tamara L. Fisk,
Steven Peng-Lim Ooi,
Hung-Wei Kuo,
Donald Dah-Shyong Jiang,
KowTong Chen,
Jim Lando,
Kwo-Hsiung Hsu,
Tzay-Jinn Chen,
Scott F. Dowell
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
new england journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 19.889
H-Index - 1030
eISSN - 1533-4406
pISSN - 0028-4793
DOI - 10.1056/nejmoa031349
Subject(s) - crew , medicine , index case , transmission (telecommunications) , covid-19 , confidence interval , respiratory illness , emergency medicine , severe acute respiratory syndrome , pediatrics , disease , respiratory system , infectious disease (medical specialty) , electrical engineering , aeronautics , engineering
The severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) spread rapidly around the world, largely because persons infected with the SARS-associated coronavirus (SARS-CoV) traveled on aircraft to distant cities. Although many infected persons traveled on commercial aircraft, the risk, if any, of in-flight transmission is unknown.
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