Coronavirus (COVID-19) Collection
Factors associated with a prolonged negative conversion of viral RNA in patients with COVID-19
Cases of pneumonia of unknown etiology were first reported from Wuhan, Hubei Province, China in December 2019 (Shi et al., 2020). In February 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) named this emerging disease coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and the agent responsible was identified as severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) (Lai et al., 2020).Duration of viral shedding in asymptomatic or mild cases of novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) from a cruise ship: A single-hospital experience in Tokyo, Japan
The novel coronavirus (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; SARS-CoV-2), which is the cause of novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), first reported in Wuhan, China, has spread across the world and has been characterized by the World Health Organization as a global pandemic (Bedford et al., 2020). In February 2020, at the port of Yokohama, Japan, an outbreak of COVID-19 among passengers and crew of the Diamond Princess cruise ship occurred, with approximately 700 confirmed cases.
