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Article: Lack of cross-transmission of SARS-CoV-2 between passenger's cabins on the Diamond Princess cruise ship

TitleLack of cross-transmission of SARS-CoV-2 between passenger's cabins on the Diamond Princess cruise ship
Authors
KeywordsAirborne transmission
Building ventilation
Close-contact transmission
COVID-19
Cruise ship
SARS-CoV-2
Issue Date23-Apr-2021
PublisherElsevier
Citation
Building and Environment, 2021, v. 198 How to Cite?
AbstractAn outbreak of COVID-19 occurred on the Diamond Princess cruise ship in January and February 2020 in Japan. We analysed information on the cases of infection to infer whether airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2, the causative agent of COVID-19, had occurred between cabins. We infer from our analysis that most infections in passengers started on 28 January and were completed by 6 February, except in those who shared a cabin with another infected passenger. The distribution of the infected cabins was random, and no spatial cluster of the infected can be identified. We infer that the ship's central air-conditioning system for passenger's cabins did not play a role in SARS-CoV-2 transmission, i.e. airborne transmission did not occur between cabins during the outbreak, suggesting that the sufficient ventilation was provided. We also infer that the ship's cabin drainage system did not play a role. Most transmission appears to have occurred in the public areas of the cruise ship, likely due to crowding and insufficient ventilation in some of these areas.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/340728
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dc.contributor.authorXu, PC-
dc.contributor.authorJia, W-
dc.contributor.authorQian, H-
dc.contributor.authorXiao, SL-
dc.contributor.authorMiao, T-
dc.contributor.authorYen, HL-
dc.contributor.authorTan, HW-
dc.contributor.authorKang, M-
dc.contributor.authorCowling, BJ-
dc.contributor.authorLi, YG-
dc.date.accessioned2024-03-11T10:46:41Z-
dc.date.available2024-03-11T10:46:41Z-
dc.date.issued2021-04-23-
dc.identifier.citationBuilding and Environment, 2021, v. 198-
dc.identifier.issn0360-1323-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/340728-
dc.description.abstractAn outbreak of COVID-19 occurred on the Diamond Princess cruise ship in January and February 2020 in Japan. We analysed information on the cases of infection to infer whether airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2, the causative agent of COVID-19, had occurred between cabins. We infer from our analysis that most infections in passengers started on 28 January and were completed by 6 February, except in those who shared a cabin with another infected passenger. The distribution of the infected cabins was random, and no spatial cluster of the infected can be identified. We infer that the ship's central air-conditioning system for passenger's cabins did not play a role in SARS-CoV-2 transmission, i.e. airborne transmission did not occur between cabins during the outbreak, suggesting that the sufficient ventilation was provided. We also infer that the ship's cabin drainage system did not play a role. Most transmission appears to have occurred in the public areas of the cruise ship, likely due to crowding and insufficient ventilation in some of these areas.-
dc.languageeng-
dc.publisherElsevier-
dc.relation.ispartofBuilding and Environment-
dc.rightsThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.-
dc.subjectAirborne transmission-
dc.subjectBuilding ventilation-
dc.subjectClose-contact transmission-
dc.subjectCOVID-19-
dc.subjectCruise ship-
dc.subjectSARS-CoV-2-
dc.titleLack of cross-transmission of SARS-CoV-2 between passenger's cabins on the Diamond Princess cruise ship-
dc.typeArticle-
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.buildenv.2021.107839-
dc.identifier.pmid33875902-
dc.identifier.scopuseid_2-s2.0-85105255812-
dc.identifier.volume198-
dc.identifier.eissn1873-684X-
dc.identifier.isiWOS:000663334800002-
dc.publisher.placeOXFORD-
dc.identifier.issnl0360-1323-

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