A familial cluster of severe coronavirus disease 2019 that required intubation of all family members

Infect Dis (Lond). 2020 Oct;52(10):755-758. doi: 10.1080/23744235.2020.1784999. Epub 2020 Jul 2.

Authors

Takashi Katsuno¹, Manabu Suzuki¹, Masahiro Ishikane², Noriko Kinoshita², Akinari Tsukada¹, Chie Morita¹, Yusaku Kusaba¹, Keita Sakamoto¹, Yoh Yamaguchi¹, Yoshie Tsujimoto¹, Masao Hashimoto¹, Junko Terada¹, Jin Takasaki¹, Shinyu Izumi¹, Ayako Okuhama², Satoshi Ide², Yuki Moriyama², Kouki Matsuda³, Yuki Takamatsu³, Hiroaki Mitsuya³, Masayuki Hojo¹, Haruhito Sugiyama¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Respiratory Medicine, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
² Disease Control and Prevention Center, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
³ Department of Refractory Viral Infections, Research Institute National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.

PMID: 32615051
DOI: 10.1080/23744235.2020.1784999

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

Betacoronavirus
COVID-19
Coronavirus Infections*
Coronavirus*
Disease Progression
Humans
Intubation, Intratracheal
Pandemics*
Pneumonia, Viral*
Retrospective Studies
Risk Factors
SARS-CoV-2