Volume 26, Number 9—September 2020
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Prevalence, Seroprevalence, and Exposure among Evacuees from Wuhan, China, 2020
Benjamin D. Hallowell
1, 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. Killerby
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 3
Precautions taken to prevent infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 by 193 evacuees while in Wuhan, China*
Precaution |
No./total no. (%)†
|
Total, n = 193 |
Submitted NP or OP sample,‡ n = 191 |
Submitted serum sample,§ n = 186 |
Face mask use |
|
|
|
Usually wore a face mask in past 2 mo while in public |
63/185 (34) |
63/184 (34) |
63/178 (35) |
Usually wore a face mask in past 1 mo while in public after hearing about COVID-19
|
143/188 (76)
|
143/187 (76)
|
138/181 (76)
|
Limited time in public |
|
|
|
In past 1 mo after hearing about COVID-19 |
178/188 (95) |
176/186 (95) |
171/181 (94) |
By taking the following precautions |
|
|
|
Avoided public transport |
150/178 (84) |
148/176 (84) |
144/171 (84) |
Avoided public gatherings |
154/178 (87) |
153/176 (87) |
148/171 (87) |
Did not attend work¶ |
53/123 (43) |
53/121 (44) |
53/123 (43) |
Did not attend school/university# |
19/30 (63) |
19/30 (63) |
15/25 (60) |
Avoided all public settings (e.g., grocery stores, restaurants) |
125/178 (70) |
124/176 (70) |
119/171 (70) |
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