Potential for global spread of a novel coronavirus from China

J Travel Med. 2020 Mar 13;27(2):taaa011. doi: 10.1093/jtm/taaa011.

Abstract

An epidemic of a novel coronavirus emerged from Wuhan, China, in late December 2019 and has since spread to several large Chinese cities. Should a scenario arise where this coronavirus spreads more broadly across China, we evaluate how patterns of international disease transmission could change.

Keywords: SARS; Wuhan; coronavirus; outbreak; pneumonia; travel; zoonosis.

MeSH terms

  • Air Travel
  • Animals
  • Betacoronavirus / isolation & purification*
  • COVID-19
  • China / epidemiology
  • Contact Tracing
  • Coronavirus Infections / epidemiology
  • Coronavirus Infections / transmission*
  • Coronavirus Infections / veterinary
  • Coronavirus Infections / virology*
  • Disease Outbreaks*
  • Global Health
  • Humans
  • Pneumonia, Viral / epidemiology
  • Pneumonia, Viral / transmission*
  • Pneumonia, Viral / veterinary
  • Pneumonia, Viral / virology*
  • Public Health
  • SARS-CoV-2
  • Travel*
  • Zoonoses*