id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-287499-zcizdc7s Thompson, Hayley A SARS-CoV-2 infection prevalence on repatriation flights from Wuhan City, China 2020-08-24 .txt text/plain 1399 72 46 title: SARS-CoV-2 infection prevalence on repatriation flights from Wuhan City, China Highlight: We estimated SARS-CoV-2 infection prevalence in cohorts of repatriated citizens from Wuhan to be 0.44% (95% CI: 0.19%-1.03%). Although not representative of the wider population we believe these estimates are helpful in providing a conservative estimate of infection prevalence in Wuhan City, China, in the absence of large-scale population testing early in the epidemic. By focusing on flights where all passengers were tested for SARS-CoV-2 infection with real-time Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR), regardless of symptoms, a more accurate estimate of infection prevalence can be obtained compared to relying on symptomatic surveillance testing alone. 8 The repatriation flights we considered represent a globally diverse population of foreign nationals who were residing in Wuhan City leading up to the outbreak for variable periods of time and for a variety of reasons: students, work-related travel, visiting friends and families and tourism. High prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 infection in repatriation flights to Greece from three European countries ./cache/cord-287499-zcizdc7s.txt ./txt/cord-287499-zcizdc7s.txt