SARS-CoV-2 infection prevalence on repatriation flights from Wuhan City, China.
Thompson HA., Imai N., Dighe A., Ainslie KEC., Baguelin M., Bhatia S., Bhatt S., Boonyasiri A., Boyd O., Brazeau NF., Cattarino L., Cooper LV., Coupland H., Cucunuba Z., Cuomo-Dannenburg G., Djaafara B., Dorigatti I., Elsland S., FitzJohn R., Fu H., Gaythorpe KAM., Green W., Hallett T., Hamlet A., Haw D., Hayes S., Hinsley W., Jeffrey B., Knock E., Laydon DJ., Lees J., Mangal TD., Mellan T., Mishra S., Mousa A., Nedjati-Gilani G., Nouvellet P., Okell L., Parag KV., Ragonnet-Cronin M., Riley S., Unwin HJT., Verity R., Vollmer M., Volz E., Walker PGT., Walters C., Wang H., Wang Y., Watson OJ., Whittaker C., Whittles LK., Winskill P., Xi X., Donnelly CA., Ferguson NM.
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.