Assessment of SARS-CoV-2 Transmission on an International Flight and Among a Tourist Group

JAMA Netw Open. 2020 Aug 3;3(8):e2018044. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.18044.

Sebastian Hoehl¹, Onur Karaca¹, Niko Kohmer¹, Sandra Westhaus¹, Jürgen Graf², Udo Goetsch³, Sandra Ciesek^{1

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¹ Institute for Medical Virology, University Hospital, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
² University Hospital Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
³ Health Protection Authority, City of Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
⁴ Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology, Branch Translational Medicine und Pharmacology, Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
⁵ German Centre for Infection Research, Deutsches Zentrum für Infektionsforschung, External Partner Site Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

Abstract

This case series describes severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) transmission on a international commercial airline flight.