Pneumonia of unknown aetiology in Wuhan, China: potential for international spread via commercial air travel

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作者
Bogoch, Isaac I. [1 ,2 ,3 ]
Watts, Alexander [4 ,5 ]
Thomas-Bachli, Andrea [4 ,5 ]
Huber, Carmen [4 ,5 ]
Kraemer, Moritz U. G. [6 ,7 ]
Khan, Kamran [1 ,4 ,5 ]
机构
[1] Univ Toronto, Dept Med, Toronto, ON, Canada
[2] Univ Hlth Network, Div Gen Internal Med, Toronto, ON, Canada
[3] Univ Hlth Network, Dept Infect Dis, Toronto, ON, Canada
[4] St Michaels Hosp, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Inst, Toronto, ON, Canada
[5] BlueDot, Toronto, ON, Canada
[6] Univ Oxford, Dept Zool, Oxford, England
[7] London Sch Hyg & Trop Med, Ctr Math Modelling Infect Dis, London, England
关键词
SARS; air travel; coronavirus; pneumonia; outbreak; zoonosis;
D O I
10.1093/jtm/taaa008
中图分类号
R1 [预防医学、卫生学];
学科分类号
1004 ; 120402 ;
摘要
There is currently an outbreak of pneumonia of unknown aetiology in Wuhan, China. Although there are still several unanswered questions about this infection, we evaluate the potential for international dissemination of this disease via commercial air travel should the outbreak continue.
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