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Early Release - Genomic Evidence of In-Flight Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 Despite Predeparture Testing - Volume 27, Number 3—March 2021 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC

Overview of attention for article published in Emerging Infectious Diseases, January 2021
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104 news outlets
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1890 X users
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Title
Early Release - Genomic Evidence of In-Flight Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 Despite Predeparture Testing - Volume 27, Number 3—March 2021 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC
Published in
Emerging Infectious Diseases, January 2021
DOI 10.3201/eid2703.204714
Pubmed ID
Authors

Tara Swadi, Jemma L. Geoghegan, Tom Devine, Caroline McElnay, Jillian Sherwood, Phil Shoemack, Xiaoyun Ren, Matt Storey, Sarah Jefferies, Erasmus Smit, James Hadfield, Aoife Kenny, Lauren Jelley, Andrew Sporle, Andrea McNeill, G. Edwin Reynolds, Kip Mouldey, Lindsay Lowe, Gerard Sonder, Alexei J. Drummond, Sue Huang, David Welch, Edward C. Holmes, Nigel French, Colin R. Simpson, Joep de Ligt

Abstract

Since the first wave of coronavirus disease in March 2020, citizens and permanent residents returning to New Zealand have been required to undergo managed isolation and quarantine (MIQ) for 14 days and mandatory testing for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). As of October 20, 2020, of 62,698 arrivals, testing of persons in MIQ had identified 215 cases of SARS-CoV-2 infection. Among 86 passengers on a flight from Dubai, United Arab Emirates, that arrived in New Zealand on September 29, test results were positive for 7 persons in MIQ. These passengers originated from 5 different countries before a layover in Dubai; 5 had negative predeparture SARS-CoV-2 test results. To assess possible points of infection, we analyzed information about their journeys, disease progression, and virus genomic data. All 7 SARS-CoV-2 genomes were genetically identical, except for a single mutation in 1 sample. Despite predeparture testing, multiple instances of in-flight SARS-CoV-2 transmission are likely.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Unknown 101 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 19 19%
Other 9 9%
Student > Master 8 8%
Student > Postgraduate 7 7%
Professor 7 7%
Other 21 21%
Unknown 30 30%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 22 22%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 9 9%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 8 8%
Nursing and Health Professions 5 5%
Immunology and Microbiology 5 5%
Other 18 18%
Unknown 34 34%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 2096. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 11 December 2023.
All research outputs
#4,328
of 25,768,270 outputs
Outputs from Emerging Infectious Diseases
#26
of 9,785 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#240
of 530,482 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Emerging Infectious Diseases
#2
of 201 outputs
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