COVID-19 in 2 Persons with Mild Upper Respiratory Tract Symptoms on a Cruise Ship, Japan.
subject: global health, PCR, Respiratory Infections, Viruses, coronavirus, Japan, Travelers' health, cruise ship, SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2
description: We describe 2 cases of coronavirus disease in patients with mild upper respiratory symptoms. Both patients worked on a cruise ship quarantined off the coast of Japan. One patient had persistent, low-grade upper respiratory tract symptoms without fever. The other patient had rapid symptom cessation but persistent viral RNA detection.
creator: Akira Nakamura, Takeshi Arashiro, Keiichi Furukawa
source: Emerging Infectious Diseases
publisher: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
date: 2020
identifier: DOI: 10.3201/eid2606.200452