Risk of Coronavirus Disease 2019 Transmission in Train Passengers: an Epidemiological and Modeling Study

• Published in: Clinical infectious diseases Vol. 72; no. 4; pp. 604 - 610
• Main Authors: Hu, Maogui, Lin, Hui, Wang, Jinfeng, Xu, Chengdong, Tatem, Andrew J, Meng, Bin, Zhang, Xin, Liu, Yifeng, Wang, Pengda, Wu, Guizhen, Xie, Haiyong, Lai, Shengjie
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: US Oxford University Press 16.02.2021
• Subjects: China - epidemiology; COVID-19; Disease Outbreaks; Humans; SARS-CoV-2; Travel; China; COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; spatial distance; co-travel time; train

Abstract Background Train travel is a common mode of public transport across the globe; however, the risk of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) transmission among individual train passengers remains unclear. Methods We quantified the transmission risk of COVID-19 on high-speed train passengers usin...