Open Forum Infect Dis . Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in Public Transportation Vehicles: A Case Study in Hunan Province, China

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Open Forum Infect Dis


. 2020 Sep 13;7(10)faa430.
doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofaa430. eCollection 2020 Oct.
Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in Public Transportation Vehicles: A Case Study in Hunan Province, China


Kaiwei Luo[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Zhao Lei[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Zheng Hai[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Shanliang Xiao[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Jia Rui[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Hao Yang[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Xinping Jing[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Hui Wang[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Zhengshen Xie[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Ping Luo[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Wanying Li[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Qiao Li[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Huilu Tan[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Zicheng Xu[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Yang Yang[SUP] 5 [/SUP], Shixiong Hu[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Tianmu Chen[SUP] 2 [/SUP]



Affiliations

• PMID: 33123609
• PMCID: PMC7543623
• DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofaa430

Abstract

Here we report a case study of a severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) outbreak event during bus trips of an index patient in Hunan Province, China. This retrospective investigation suggests potential airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and the possibility of superspreading events in certain close contact and closed space settings, which should be taken into account when control strategies are planned.

Keywords: COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; probable airborne transmission; vehicles.