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Volume 26, Number 9—September 2020
Synopsis

Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Prevalence, Seroprevalence, and Exposure among Evacuees from Wuhan, China, 2020

Benjamin D. Hallowell1, Christina M. Carlson, Jesica R. Jacobs, Mary Pomeroy, Jonathan Steinberg, Mark W. Tenforde, Emily McDonald, Loretta Foster, Leora R. Feldstein, Melissa A. Rolfes, Amber Haynes, Glen R. Abedi, George S. Odongo, Kim Saruwatari, Errin C. Rider, Gina Douville, Neenaben Bhakta, Panagiotis Maniatis, Stephen Lindstrom, Natalie J. Thornburg, Xiaoyan Lu, Brett L. Whitaker, Shifaq Kamili, Senthilkumar K. Sakthivel, Lijuan Wang, Lakshmi Malapati, Janna R. Murray, Brian Lynch, Martin Cetron, Clive Brown, Shahrokh Roohi, Lisa Rotz, Denise Borntrager, Kenta Ishii, Kathleen Moser, Mohammad Rasheed, Brandi Freeman, Sandra Lester, Kizzmekia S. Corbett, Olubukola M. Abiona, Geoffrey B. Hutchinson, Barney S. Graham, Nicki Pesik, Barbara Mahon, Christopher Braden, Casey Barton Behravesh, Rebekah Stewart, Nancy Knight, Aron J. Hall, and Marie E. KillerbyComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (B.D. Hallowell, C.M. Carlson, J.R. Jacobs, M. Pomeroy, J. Steinberg, M.W. Tenforde, E. McDonald, L. Foster, L.R. Feldstein, M.A. Rolfes, A. Haynes, G.R. Abedi, G.S. Odongo, P. Maniatis, S. Lindstrom, N.J. Thornburg, X. Lu, B.L. Whitaker, S. Kamili, S.K. Sakthivel, L. Wang, L. Malapati, J.R. Murray, B. Lynch, M. Cetron, C. Brown, S. Roohi, L. Rotz, D. Borntrager, K. Ishii, K. Moser, B. Freeman, N. Pesik, B. Mahon, C. Braden, C. Barton Behravesh, R. Stewart, N. Knight, A.J. Hall, M.E. Killerby); Riverside University Health System-Public Health, Riverside, California, USA (K. Saruwatari, E.C. Rider, G. Douville, N. Bhakta); Synergy America Inc., Duluth, Georgia, USA (M. Rasheed, S. Lester); National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA (K.S. Corbett, O.M. Abiona, G.B. Hutchinson, B.S. Graham); 1Current affiliation: Department of Health, Providence, Rhode Island, USA

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Table 1

Demographic characteristics of 193 evacuees on a repatriation flight from Wuhan, China, to the United States, January 2020

Characteristic No./total no. (%)*
Age group, y
<18 32/193 (17)
18–44 68/193 (35)
45–64 83/193 (43)
>65
 10/193 (5)
Sex
M 100/189 (53)
F
 89/189 (47)
Race/ethnicity
White 68/192 (35)
Black 6/192 (3)
Asian 94/192 (49)
Multiracial 13/192 (7)
Hispanic
 11/192 (6)
Underlying medical condition
Chronic lung disease 1/191 (1)
Asthma/reactive airway disease 7/191 (4)
Diabetes mellitus type 1 2/187 (1)
Diabetes mellitus type 2 4/191 (2)
Hypertension 14/192 (7)
Chronic heart or cardiovascular disease 0/191 (0)
Chronic kidney disease 1/191 (1)
Liver disease 1/191 (1)
Noncancer immunosuppressive condition 1/189 (1)
Neurologic/neurodevelopmental disorder 1/191 (1)
Other chronic disease
 11/191 (6)
Specimen submitted
Nasopharyngeal and/or oropharyngeal swab sample 191/193 (99)
Serum 186/193 (96)

*Data for persons for whom responses were missing were excluded from the numerator and denominator.

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