Environmental Investigation of SARS-CoV-2 in a Karaoke Bar: a Survey for a Cluster of COVID-19 in Hokkaido, Japan, 2020

Jpn J Infect Dis. 2021 Sep 22;74(5):495-497. doi: 10.7883/yoken.JJID.2021.021. Epub 2021 Feb 26.

Authors

Masahiro Miyoshi¹, Rika Komagome¹, Hiroki Yamaguchi¹, Shima Yoshizumi¹, Setsuko Ishida¹, Hideki Nagano¹, Kosei Katamoto¹, Kazuhiro Okubo¹, Akiko Goto¹, Kazuya Mitsuhashi¹, Hiroyuki Tanaka², Kenji Shibata², Tomoko Shibuma², Satomi Yamaya², Shinichiro Tsuda², Akemi Kuzuma², Terukazu Sadamoto², Tsukasa Ohara³, Kimiaki Yamano¹

Affiliations

¹ Hokkaido Institute of Public Health, Japan.
² Public Health Center of Otaru City, Japan.
³ Department of Health and Welfare, Hokkaido Government, Japan.

PMID: 33642436
DOI: 10.7883/yoken.JJID.2021.021

No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; environmental investigation; karaoke bar; novel coronavirus disease.

MeSH terms

Aged
COVID-19 / epidemiology*
COVID-19 / virology
Disease Outbreaks
Environmental Microbiology*
Humans
Japan / epidemiology
Middle Aged
RNA, Viral / isolation & purification
Recreation
SARS-CoV-2 / isolation & purification*

Substances

RNA, Viral