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. 2020 May 18;27(3):taaa054.
doi: 10.1093/jtm/taaa054.

High prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 infection in repatriation flights to Greece from three European countries

Theodore Lytras  1 , George Dellis  1 , Anastasia Flountzi  1 , Sophia Hatzianastasiou  1 , Georgia Nikolopoulou  1 , Katerina Tsekou  1 , Zafiris Diamantis  1 , Grigoria Stathopoulou  1 , Marianthi Togka  1 , Gerasimos Gerolymatos  1 , George Rigakos  1 , Spiridon Sapounas  1 , Sotirios Tsiodras  1   2
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High prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 infection in repatriation flights to Greece from three European countries

Theodore Lytras et al. J Travel Med. .

Abstract

Passengers on repatriation flights to Greece from the UK, Spain and Turkey were screened with oropharyngeal swabs on arrival for SARS-CoV-2 infection. Despite almost all passengers being asymptomatic, many tested positive (3.6% from UK, 6.3% from Spain and 6.3% from Turkey), indicating widespread transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in these countries.

Keywords: COVID; air travel; asymptomatic transmission; coronavirus; pandemic; real-time PCR; screening.

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