A SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant outbreak on airplane: vaccinated air passengers are more protected than unvaccinated

Qiuying Lv; Dongfeng Kong; Yaqing He; Yan Lu; Long Chen; Jin Zhao; Siyang Feng; Yixiong Chen; Jia Wan; Ying Wen; Wei Gao; Zhigao Chen; Xiujuan Tang; Shujiang Mei; Xuan Zou; Tiejian Feng

doi:10.1093/jtm/taab161

A SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant outbreak on airplane: vaccinated air passengers are more protected than unvaccinated

J Travel Med. 2021 Dec 29;28(8):taab161. doi: 10.1093/jtm/taab161.

Authors

Qiuying Lv¹, Dongfeng Kong¹, Yaqing He², Yan Lu¹, Long Chen², Jin Zhao³, Siyang Feng³, Yixiong Chen⁴, Jia Wan¹, Ying Wen¹, Wei Gao¹, Zhigao Chen¹, Xiujuan Tang¹, Shujiang Mei¹, Xuan Zou¹, Tiejian Feng¹

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¹ Department of Communicable Diseases Control and Prevention, Shenzhen Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shenzhen 518055, China.
² Department of Pathogenic Biology, Shenzhen Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shenzhen 518055, China.
³ Department of HIV/AIDS Control and Prevention, Shenzhen Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shenzhen 518055, China.
⁴ Department of Communicable Diseases Control and Prevention, Shenzhen Boan District Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shenzhen 518001, China.

Abstract

In-fight transmission of SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant could occur on airplane, and close contact is the main mode of transmission. Vaccination still protects against the Delta variant transmission.

Keywords: Delta variant; SARS-CoV-2; inflight transmission; vaccine.

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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Air Travel*
Aircraft
COVID-19 Vaccines
COVID-19* / epidemiology
Disease Outbreaks / prevention & control
Humans
SARS-CoV-2
Vaccination

A SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant outbreak on airplane: vaccinated air passengers are more protected than unvaccinated

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