Department of Immunobiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, MD, USA.
EMBO Mol Med. 2020 May 8;12(5):e12481. doi: 10.15252/emmm.202012481. Epub 2020 Apr 28.
The COVID-19 pandemic has spread to many countries around the world, but the infection and death rates vary widely. One country that appeared to have kept the infection under control despite limited societal restrictions is Japan. This commentary explores why Japan may have, up to now, been spared an escalation of the SARS-CoV-2 infections.
新冠疫情已蔓延至世界多国,但感染率和死亡率差异显著。日本虽采取了有限的社会限制措施,但似乎成功控制了疫情。本评论探讨了日本迄今为何未出现 SARS-CoV-2 感染人数激增的情况。