Community Outbreak Investigation of SARS-CoV-2 Transmission Among Bus Riders in Eastern China

2020413 citationsJournal Articlebronze Open Access

Authors

Ye Shen · University of Georgia

Changwei Li · Tulane University

Hongjun Dong · Ningbo Center for Disease Control and Prevention

Zhen Wang · Zhejiang Center for Disease Control and Prevention

Leonardo Martínez · Stanford University

Zhou Sun · Hangzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention

Andreas Handel

Abstract

In this cohort study and case investigation of a community outbreak of COVID-19 in Zhejiang province, individuals who rode a bus to a worship event with a patient with COVID-19 had a higher risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection than individuals who rode another bus to the same event. Airborne spread of SARS-CoV-2 seems likely to have contributed to the high attack rate in the exposed bus. Future efforts at prevention and control must consider the potential for airborne spread of the virus.

Topics & Keywords

COVID-19 epidemiological studies Infection Control and Ventilation COVID-19 and Mental Health

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: JAMA Internal Medicine

Volume 180, Issue 12, pp. 1665-1665

DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.5225

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