Euro Surveill. 2020 Feb;25(8). doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.8.2000097. Early transmission patterns of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in travellers from Wuhan to Thailand, January 2020.
Okada P1, Buathong R2, Phuygun S1, Thanadachakul T1, Parnmen S1, Wongboot W1, Waicharoen S1, Wacharapluesadee S3, Uttayamakul S2, Vachiraphan A2, Chittaganpitch M1, Mekha N1, Janejai N1, Iamsirithaworn S2, Lee RT4, Maurer-Stroh S5,4.
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Abstract
We report two cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in travellers from Wuhan, China to Thailand. Both were independent introductions on separate flights, discovered with thermoscanners and confirmed with RT-PCR and genome sequencing. Both cases do not seem directly linked to the Huanan Seafood Market in Hubei but the viral genomes are identical to four other sequences from Wuhan, suggesting early spread within the city already in the first week of January.
KEYWORDS:
COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; Wuhan; coronavirus; transmission; traveller
PMID: 32127124 DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.8.2000097
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