Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Prevalence, Seroprevalence, and Exposure among Evacuees from Wuhan, China, 2020

To determine prevalence of, seroprevalence of, and potential exposure to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) among a cohort of evacuees returning to the United States from Wuhan, China, in January 2020, we conducted a cross-sectional study of quarantined evacuees from 1 repa...

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Published in:	Emerging infectious diseases Vol. 26; no. 9; pp. 1998 - 2004
Main Authors:	Hallowell, Benjamin D, Carlson, Christina M, Jacobs, Jesica R, Pomeroy, Mary, Steinberg, Jonathan, Tenforde, Mark W, McDonald, Emily, Foster, Loretta, Feldstein, Leora R, Rolfes, Melissa A, Haynes, Amber, Abedi, Glen R, Odongo, George S, Saruwatari, Kim, Rider, Errin C, Douville, Gina, Bhakta, Neenaben, Maniatis, Panagiotis, Lindstrom, Stephen, Thornburg, Natalie J, Lu, Xiaoyan, Whitaker, Brett L, Kamili, Shifaq, Sakthivel, Senthilkumar K, Wang, Lijuan, Malapati, Lakshmi, Murray, Janna R, Lynch, Brian, Cetron, Martin, Brown, Clive, Roohi, Shahrokh, Rotz, Lisa, Borntrager, Denise, Ishii, Kenta, Moser, Kathleen, Rasheed, Mohammad, Freeman, Brandi, Lester, Sandra, Corbett, Kizzmekia S, Abiona, Olubukola M, Hutchinson, Geoffrey B, Graham, Barney S, Pesik, Nicki, Mahon, Barbara, Braden, Christopher, Behravesh, Casey Barton, Stewart, Rebekah, Knight, Nancy, Hall, Aron J, Killerby, Marie E
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases 01-09-2020 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Subjects:	2019 novel coronavirus disease Adolescent Adult Aged Animals Betacoronavirus Child Child, Preschool Clinical Laboratory Techniques coronavirus disease Coronavirus Infections - diagnosis Coronavirus Infections - epidemiology Coronaviruses COVID-19 COVID-19 Testing Cross-Sectional Studies Disease control Disease transmission Female Fever Health aspects Health care Humans Illnesses Infant Infant, Newborn Male Medical laboratories Middle Aged Pandemics Pneumonia, Viral - epidemiology Prevalence Public health Public spaces Quarantine Quarantine - statistics & numerical data Repatriation Respiratory diseases SARS-CoV-2 Seroepidemiologic Studies Serology Severe acute respiratory syndrome Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Prevalence, Seroprevalence, and Exposure among Evacuees from Wuhan, China, 2020 Travel United States - epidemiology viruses Young Adult United States United States > US China COVID-19 SARS-CoV-2 viruses evacuees severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 China Wuhan zoonoses 2019 novel coronavirus disease coronavirus disease quarantine respiratory infections
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Summary:	To determine prevalence of, seroprevalence of, and potential exposure to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) among a cohort of evacuees returning to the United States from Wuhan, China, in January 2020, we conducted a cross-sectional study of quarantined evacuees from 1 repatriation flight. Overall, 193 of 195 evacuees completed exposure surveys and submitted upper respiratory or serum specimens or both at arrival in the United States. Nearly all evacuees had taken preventive measures to limit potential exposure while in Wuhan, and none had detectable SARS-CoV-2 in upper respiratory tract specimens, suggesting the absence of asymptomatic respiratory shedding among this group at the time of testing. Evidence of antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 was detected in 1 evacuee, who reported experiencing no symptoms or high-risk exposures in the previous 2 months. These findings demonstrated that this group of evacuees posed a low risk of introducing SARS-CoV-2 to the United States.
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ISSN:	1080-6040 1080-6059
DOI:	10.3201/eid2609.201590