Emerging Infectious Diseases (Jul 2020)

Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Infection among Returnees to Japan from Wuhan, China, 2020

  • Yuzo Arima,
  • Satoshi Kutsuna,
  • Tomoe Shimada,
  • Motoi Suzuki,
  • Tadaki Suzuki,
  • Yusuke Kobayashi,
  • Yuuki Tsuchihashi,
  • Haruna Nakamura,
  • Kaoru Matsumoto,
  • Asuka Takeda,
  • Keisuke Kadokura,
  • Tetsuro Sato,
  • Yuichiro Yahata,
  • Noriko Nakajima,
  • Minoru Tobiume,
  • Ikuyo Takayama,
  • Tsutomu Kageyama,
  • Shinji Saito,
  • Naganori Nao,
  • Tamano Matsui,
  • Tomimasa Sunagawa,
  • Hideki Hasegawa,
  • Kayoko Hayakawa,
  • Shinya Tsuzuki,
  • Yusuke Asai,
  • Tetsuya Suzuki,
  • Satoshi Ide,
  • Keiji Nakamura,
  • Yuki Moriyama,
  • Noriko Kinoshita,
  • Yutaro Akiyama,
  • Yusuke Miyazato,
  • Hidetoshi Nomoto,
  • Takato Nakamoto,
  • Masayuki Ota,
  • Sho Saito,
  • Masahiro Ishikane,
  • Shinichiro Morioka,
  • Kei Yamamoto,
  • Mugen Ujiie,
  • Mari Terada,
  • Haruhito Sugiyama,
  • Norihiro Kokudo,
  • Norio Ohmagari,
  • Makoto Ohnishi,
  • Takaji Wakita

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2607.200994
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 26, no. 7
pp. 1596 – 1600

Abstract

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In early 2020, Japan repatriated 566 nationals from China. Universal laboratory testing and 14-day monitoring of returnees detected 12 cases of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection; initial screening results were negative for 5. Common outcomes were remaining asymptomatic (n = 4) and pneumonia (n = 6). Overall, screening performed poorly.

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