Estimating the asymptomatic proportion of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases on board the Diamond Princess cruise ship, Yokohama, Japan, 2020

Mizumoto, Kenji; Kagaya, Katsushi; E. Zarebski, Alexander; Chowell, Gerardo

doi:10.2807/1560-7917.es.2020.25.10.2000180

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Estimating the asymptomatic proportion of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases on board the Diamond Princess cruise ship, Yokohama, Japan, 2020

Published in Eurosurveillance • Mar 12, 2020

Authors:

Kenji Mizumoto

Katsushi Kagaya

Alexander E. Zarebski

Abstract

On 5 February 2020, in Yokohama, Japan, a cruise ship hosting 3,711 people underwent a 2-week quarantine after a former passenger was found with COVID-19 post-disembarking. As at 20 February, 634 persons on board tested positive for the causative virus. We conducted statistical modelling to derive t...

Subject

Asymptomatic

Quarantine

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)

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