What goes on board aircraft? Passengers include Aedes, Anopheles, 2019-nCoV, dengue, Salmonella, Zika, et al

Fear can be more harmful than the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 in controlling the corona virus disease 2019 epidemic

“…The corona virus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) appears to have started in Wuhan, China in December 2019 [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10] . Subsequently, it has spread within and outside China [10][11][12] and has become an unprecedented global public health issue [12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19] .…”

“…As of 18 February 2020, there have been 72528 confirmed infections, 1870 deaths in China (Figure 1 and Figure 2), and 804 confirmed cases with 3 deaths in 25 other countries [20] . To safeguard Chinese citizens and strengthen global health security, medical staff and government in China have made great efforts to control the epidemic [6][7][8][9]21] . It was confirmed that 1716 medical workers had been infected with SARS-CoV-2, and 6 died in hospitals for the control of epidemic on 14 February 2020 [22] .…”

Evolución de la pandemia de COVID-19 en los principales municipios turísticos de México

“…En la actualidad, el turismo es uno de los principales motivadores de la intensa circulación humana, promueve el contacto entre diversas comunidades y también el intercambio biológico y cultural que, de manera deliberada o no, se produce con tales acercamientos. Particular atención ha recibido en la literatura académica la importancia de los viajes aéreos, como detonadores de la aparición y propagación de epidemias y de la transmisión de enfermedades entre comunidades distantes (Driver et al, 1994;Epstein et al, 2007;Grais et al, 2003;Wilson, 2020).…”

Experimental investigation of large-scale flow structures in an aircraft cabin mock-up

“…The characteristics of the mixture can more easily allow airborne transmission of infectious disease in the cabin [ 5 ]. The novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak led many countries to the screening of travelers for respiratory symptoms and febrile illness [ 6 , 7 ]. Obviously, the civil airliner acts as a carrier of virus transmission.…”