id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-337421-4v48kkus Ribeiro, Servio Pontes Severe airport sanitarian control could slow down the spreading of COVID-19 pandemics in Brazil 2020-03-27 .txt text/plain 3488 178 56 After the confirmation of the first imported cases, the 5 lack of a proper airport entrance control resulted in the infection spreading in a manner 6 directly proportional to the amount of flights reaching each city, following first 7 occurrence of the virus coming from abroad. After the confirmation of the first imported cases, the 5 lack of a proper airport entrance control resulted in the infection spreading in a manner 6 directly proportional to the amount of flights reaching each city, following first 7 occurrence of the virus coming from abroad. We developed a SIR (Susceptible-Infected-Recovered) model divided in 9 a metapopulation structure, where cities with airports were demes connected by the 10 number of flights. 142 143 Results 144 The expansion of the SARS-CoV-2 virus between cities was fast, directly proportional to 145 the airport closeness centrality within the Brazilian air transportation network. ./cache/cord-337421-4v48kkus.txt ./txt/cord-337421-4v48kkus.txt