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Excretion of SARS-CoV-2 through faecal specimens.
Emerging microbes & infections - 1 Dec 2020
Zhang Yong, Chen Cao, Song Yang, Zhu Shuangli, Wang Dongyan, Zhang Hui, Han Guangyue, Weng Yuwei, Xu Jun, Xu Jianan, Yu Pengbo, Jiang Weijia, Yang Xianda, Lang Zhongkai, Yan Dongmei, Wang Yanhai, Song Jingdong, Gao George Fu, Wu Guizhen, Xu Wenbo
Abstract excerpt
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has become a pandemic with increasing numbers of cases worldwide. SARS-CoV-2, the causative virus of COVID-19, is mainly transmitted through respiratory droplets or through direct and indirect contact with an infected person. The possibility of potential faecal-oral transmission was investigated in this study. We collected 258 faecal specimens from nine provinces in China and...
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