COVID-19 in 2 Persons with Mild Upper Respiratory Tract Symptoms on a Cruise Ship, Japan.

COVID-19 in 2 Persons with Mild Upper Respiratory Tract Symptoms on a Cruise Ship, Japan.

Akira Nakamura, Takeshi Arashiro, Keiichi Furukawa

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.

2020

global health, PCR, Respiratory Infections, Viruses, coronavirus, Japan, Travelers' health, cruise ship, SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2

DOI: 10.3201/eid2606.200452

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention