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Case Reports
. 2020 Jun;26(6):1337-1339.
doi: 10.3201/eid2606.200301. Epub 2020 Jun 17.

Detection of Novel Coronavirus by RT-PCR in Stool Specimen from Asymptomatic Child, China

An Tang, Zhen-Dong Tong, Hong-Ling Wang, Ya-Xin Dai, Ke-Feng Li, Jie-Nan Liu, Wen-Jie Wu, Chen Yuan, Meng-Lu Yu, Peng Li, Jian-Bo Yan
Case Reports

Detection of Novel Coronavirus by RT-PCR in Stool Specimen from Asymptomatic Child, China

An Tang et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2020 Jun.

Abstract

We report an asymptomatic child who was positive for a coronavirus by reverse transcription PCR in a stool specimen 17 days after the last virus exposure. The child was virus positive in stool specimens for at least an additional 9 days. Respiratory tract specimens were negative by reverse transcription PCR.

Keywords: 2019 novel coronavirus disease; COVID-19; China; RT-PCR; SARS-CoV-2; asymptomatic child; coronavirus; novel coronavirus; respiratory infections; reverse transcription PCR; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; stool; viruses.

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Timeline for detection of novel coronavirus by RT-PCR in stool specimen from asymptomatic child, China, January 9–February 14, 2020. NA, not available; NP, nasopharyngeal; RT-PCR, reverse transcription PCR; +, positive for novel coronavirus RNA by RT-PCR; ±, equivocal for novel coronavirus RNA by RT-PCR; –, negative for novel coronavirus RNA by RT-PCR.
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