Flight-Associated Transmission of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Corroborated by Whole-Genome Sequencing
Hollie Speake, Anastasia Phillips, Tracie Chong, Chisha Sikazwe, Avram Levy, Jurissa Lang, Benjamin Scalley, David J. Speers, David W. Smith, Paul Effler, and Suzanne P. McEvoy
Author affiliations: University of Notre Dame, Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia (H. Speake); Metropolitan Communicable Disease Control, Perth, Western Australia, Australia (A. Phillips, T. Chong, B. Scalley, S.P. McEvoy); University of Western Australia, Perth (C. Sikazwe, A. Levy, D.J. Speers, P. Effler); PathWest Laboratory Medicine Western Australia, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia (C. Sikazwe, A. Levy, D.J. Speers, D.W. Smith, J. Lang); Public Health Emergency Operations Centre, Perth (P. Effler)
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Figure 2. Theoretical maximum incubation (exposure), infectious period, and symptomatic period until time of resolution of illness in passengers on flight from Sydney to Perth, Australia, on March 19, 2020, with primary and secondary SARS-CoV-2 cases, by place of journey origin. Passenger identification numbers and SARS-CoV-2 lineage determined by whole-genome sequencing (A.2, B.1, not determined) indicated to right of bars. NSW, New South Wales, Australia; 1I, primary case, infectious; 1N, primary case, noninfectious; 2F, secondary case, flight associated; 2P, secondary case, possibly flight associated.
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