Clinical characteristics of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak on a cruise ship

• Published in: Journal of infection and chemotherapy : official journal of the Japan Society of Chemotherapy Vol. 26; no. 11; pp. 1177 - 1180
• Main Authors: Yoshimura, Yukihiro, Sasaki, Hiroaki, Horiuchi, Hiroshi, Miyata, Nobuyuki, Tachikawa, Natsuo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier Ltd 01.11.2020; Japanese Society of Chemotherapy and The Japanese Association for Infectious Diseases. Published by Elsevier Ltd
• Subjects: Aged; Betacoronavirus - genetics; Betacoronavirus - isolation & purification; Clinical Laboratory Techniques - statistics & numerical data; Coronavirus infection; Coronavirus Infections - diagnosis; Coronavirus Infections - epidemiology; Coronavirus Infections - virology; COVID-19; COVID-19 Testing; Cruise; Disease Outbreaks - statistics & numerical data; Female; Humans; Japan - epidemiology; Male; Middle Aged; Pandemics; Pneumonia, Viral - diagnosis; Pneumonia, Viral - epidemiology; Pneumonia, Viral - virology; Polymerase Chain Reaction - statistics & numerical data; Retrospective Studies; RNA, Viral - isolation & purification; SARS-CoV-2; Ships - statistics & numerical data; Travel-Related Illness; Japan; COVID-19; Cruise; Coronavirus infection

A large COVID-19 outbreak occurred on the cruise ship Diamond Princess in February 2020. Little information has been reported about the clinical characteristics of the patients. This single-center, retrospective, observational study was conducted in Yokohama, Japan. We included symptomatic patients...