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To assess the prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 infection among passengers arriving on international repatriation flights.

April 1, 2020Journal of Travel MedicineOpen Access

High prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 infection in repatriation flights to Greece from three European countries

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TLTheodore LytrasEuropean University Cyprus GDGeorge DellisNational and Kapodistrian University of Athens AFAnastasia FlountziNational Public Health Organization

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Cross-sectional screening reveals high rates of asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection in repatriated travelers, highlighting substantial community transmission across origin countries.

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To assess the prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 infection among passengers arriving on international repatriation flights.
Screened repatriated passengers arriving in Greece from the United Kingdom, Spain, and Turkey.
Collected oropharyngeal swabs upon passenger arrival to detect SARS-CoV-2 infection.
SARS-CoV-2 positivity rates were 3.6% for passengers from the United Kingdom, 6.3% from Spain, and 6.3% from Turkey.
Almost all passengers testing positive for SARS-CoV-2 were asymptomatic at the time of screening.

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Lytras et al. (2020) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a720c8a660549caf2c6694e https://doi.org/10.1093/jtm/taaa054

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Cross-sectional screening reveals high rates of asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection in repatriated travelers, highlighting substantial community transmission across origin countries.

High prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 infection in repatriation flights to Greece from three European countries

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High prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 infection in repatriation flights to Greece from three European countries

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