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. 2020 May;80(5):e18-e19.
doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2020.02.031. Epub 2020 Mar 5.

Public health might be endangered by possible prolonged discharge of SARS-CoV-2 in stool

Yu He  1 , Zhengli Wang  1 , Fang Li  1 , Yuan Shi  2
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Public health might be endangered by possible prolonged discharge of SARS-CoV-2 in stool

Yu He et al. J Infect. 2020 May.

Abstract

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    The published data, which showed the COVID-19 patients with low digestive.

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    manifestation, might be misleading. Case with negative URT test showed positive in.

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    rectal scarab which challenge the isolation protocol.

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    As fomite transmission caused clusters of infection of SARS, adequate disinfection.

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    operations should be adopted in SARS-CoV-2 outbreak.

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