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. 2020 Mar 13;27(2):taaa008.
doi: 10.1093/jtm/taaa008.

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

Isaac I Bogoch  1   2 , Alexander Watts  3   4 , Andrea Thomas-Bachli  3   4 , Carmen Huber  3   4 , Moritz U G Kraemer  5   6 , Kamran Khan  1   3   4
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Pneumonia of unknown aetiology in Wuhan, China: potential for international spread via commercial air travel

Isaac I Bogoch et al. J Travel Med. .

Abstract

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.

Keywords: SARS; air travel; coronavirus; outbreak; pneumonia; zoonosis.

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