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Volume 26, Number 1—January 2020
Dispatch

Varicella in Adult Foreigners at a Referral Hospital, Central Tokyo, Japan, 2012–2016

Saho Takaya, Satoshi KutsunaComments to Author , Yuichi Katanami, Kei Yamamoto, Nozomi Takeshita, Kayoko Hayakawa, Yasuyuki Kato, Shuzo Kanagawa, and Norio Ohmagari
Author affiliations: National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

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Table

Characteristics for 22 case-patients (adult foreigners) with varicella, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, 2012–2016*

Case-patient no. Time of onset Days after onset of index case Age, y/sex Country of origin Status or occupation Exposure source History of varicella Previous varicella vaccination Hospitalization (reason)
1 2012 Apr Not applicable 19/M Cambodia Student Sibling NA NA Yes (infection control)
2 2012 Jul Not applicable 32/F China Housewife Own child No NA No
3 2014 Apr Index case 18/M Vietnam Student UNK No UNK No
4 2014 Apr 15 18/M Vietnam Student School dormitory No UNK No
5 2014 Apr 15 18/M Vietnam Student School dormitory NA NA No
6 2014 May 19 18/M Vietnam Student School dormitory NA NA No
7 2014 May 35 19/M Vietnam Student School NA NA No
8 2014 May 41 19/F Vietnam Student School dormitory NA UNK No
9 2014 May 42 18/F Vietnam Student School dormitory NA UNK No
10 2014 Jun 52 19/M Vietnam Student School NA NA No
11 2014 Jun 55 23/M Vietnam Student School dormitory NA NA No
12 2014 Jun 56 19/M China Student School dormitory NA NA No
13 2016 Mar Not applicable 18/F Vietnam Student UNK No No No
14 2016 Mar Not applicable 19/F New Zealand Student UNK No No Yes (malaise)
15 2016 Apr Index case 35/F China Housewife UNK No No Yes (malaise)
16 2016 Apr 12 34/M China Unemployed Patient 15 (wife) No Yes No
17 2016 May Not applicable 19/M China Student UNK No No Yes (malaise, headache)
18 2016 May Not applicable 33/M Belgium Tourist UNK UNK NA No
19 2016 Jul Not applicable 21/F Italy Student UNK No No Yes (infection control)
20 2016 Aug Not applicable 20/M Uzbekistan Student UNK Yes No No
21 2016 Sep Not applicable 23/M Vietnam Student UNK No UNK No
22 2016 Oct Not applicable 25/F Nepal Sales clerk UNK No No No

*Case-patients 3–12 were from an outbreak in the same language school. Not applicable indicates sporadic cases, not cluster cases. NA, not available; UNK, unknown.

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