From the ∗Department of Forensic Medicine
†Laboratory Animal Facilities
‡Department of Tropical Medicine, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Manuscript received May 27, 2022; accepted August 6, 2022.
This work was supported by the Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare, KAKENHI (grant number 20CA2075).
The authors report no conflict of interest.
S.M. designed the study, performed rapid antigen testing, interpreted the data, performed statistical analyses, and wrote the initial draft of the manuscript. S.T. performed rapid antigen testing and statistical analyses. S.S. performed rapid antigen testing and participated in collecting and summarizing the data. Kyoko I. performed rapid antigen testing and the literature search. A.S. performed rapid antigen testing and participated in collecting and summarizing the data. Y.K. performed rapid antigen testing and managed information. T.S. performed RT-qPCR. M.O. performed RT-qPCR. E.S. performed RT-qPCR. H.K. performed RT-qPCR and participated in manuscript writing. Kimiharu I. performed rapid antigen testing, contributed to data analysis, and assisted in the preparation of the manuscript. All authors approved the final version of the manuscript and agree to be accountable for all aspects of the work in ensuring that questions related to the accuracy or integrity of any part of the work are appropriately investigated and resolved.
Reprints: Sari Matsumoto, MD, PhD, Department of Forensic Medicine, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Nishishinbashi 3-25-8, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-8461, Japan. E-mail: [email protected].