Comparative Analysis of Flight Volume Effects on COVID-19 and Influenza Transmission Across Variable Control Intensities, 2019–2024
The comparative approach provides unique insights into how different respiratory pathogens respond to aviation-mediated exposures, demonstrating that targeted travel restrictions can effectively impede disease transmission when implemented alongside appropriate public health interventions. These findings have important implications for the development of pathogen-specific strategies for mitigating the international spread of emerging respiratory threats.
Authors
- Yanfang Xu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7889-3609)
- Weijia Xiong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8787-3714)
- Chengyao Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7677-9848)
- Peng Li-ping (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4208-9563)
- Qi Wan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1327-9851)
- Mingwei Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8441-2795)
- Tim K. Tsang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5037-6776)
- Bingyi Yang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0811-8332)
- Can Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6115-0377)
Institutions
- Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation (HK)
- Laboratory of Data Discovery for Health (HK)
- University of Hong Kong (HK)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The Journal of Infectious Diseases
- Published
- 2025-10-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jiaf545
- Primary Topic
- COVID-19 epidemiological studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Food and Health Bureau
- Hong Kong Government
- Health and Medical Research Fund