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cord-295061-58tj4csz	Wilder‐Smith, Annelies	Short communication: Low risk of transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome on airplanes: the Singapore experience	2003-10-22		.txt	text/plain	1321	60	57	The risk of transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) on airplanes is of major concern to the public and airline industry. Seven airplanes with nine passengers on board later diagnosed as suffering from probable SARS (based on WHO criteria) arrived in Singapore between 25 February and 31 May 2003: three were from Hong Kong (with five cases of SARS), one from Beijing, one from New York, one from East Malaysia and one from Indonesia. However, only three airplanes (with four passengers) had symptomatic cases of SARS on board, whereas the passengers of the other flights developed symptoms within the first 2 days after arrival in Singapore. The third flight with one passenger with severe symptoms of SARS (fever, cough, shortness of breath) arrived after the Infectious Disease Act had been invoked: all crew members and 46 of 47 passengers were contactable and quarantined with active surveillance for 10 days; none developed SARS.	./cache/cord-295061-58tj4csz.txt	./txt/cord-295061-58tj4csz.txt