Symptom Characterization and Outcomes of Sailors in Isolation After a COVID-19 Outbreak on a US Aircraft Carrier

Gadiel R Alvarado; Benjamin C Pierson; Eric S Teemer; Hector J Gama; Ronald D Cole; Samuel S Jang

doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.20981

Symptom Characterization and Outcomes of Sailors in Isolation After a COVID-19 Outbreak on a US Aircraft Carrier

JAMA Netw Open. 2020 Oct 1;3(10):e2020981. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.20981.

Authors

Gadiel R Alvarado¹, Benjamin C Pierson², Eric S Teemer³, Hector J Gama⁴, Ronald D Cole⁴, Samuel S Jang⁴

Affiliations

¹ Infectious Disease Department, Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, Texas.
² US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, Frederick, Maryland.
³ Public Health Department, D. D. Eisenhower Army Medical Center, Fort Gordon, Georgia.
⁴ Army Public Health Center, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland.

Abstract

This case series describes the symptoms and outcomes of sailors during and after an outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on the USS Theodore Roosevelt.

MeSH terms

Adult
Ageusia / physiopathology
Ambulatory Care / statistics & numerical data
Asymptomatic Infections / epidemiology*
Betacoronavirus
COVID-19
Coronavirus Infections / epidemiology*
Coronavirus Infections / mortality
Coronavirus Infections / physiopathology
Cough / physiopathology
Disease Outbreaks
Female
Fever / physiopathology
Headache / physiopathology
Hospitalization / statistics & numerical data
Humans
Male
Military Personnel*
Naval Medicine*
Olfaction Disorders / physiopathology
Pandemics
Patient Isolation
Pneumonia, Viral / epidemiology*
Pneumonia, Viral / mortality
Pneumonia, Viral / physiopathology
Quarantine
SARS-CoV-2
Ships
Young Adult