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Case Reports
. 2020 Aug;26(8):1920-1922.
doi: 10.3201/eid2608.200681. Epub 2020 May 18.

Infectious SARS-CoV-2 in Feces of Patient with Severe COVID-19

Fei Xiao, Jing Sun, Yonghao Xu, Fang Li, Xiaofang Huang, Heying Li, Jingxian Zhao, Jicheng Huang, Jincun Zhao
Case Reports

Infectious SARS-CoV-2 in Feces of Patient with Severe COVID-19

Fei Xiao et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2020 Aug.

Abstract

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 was isolated from feces of a patient in China with coronavirus disease who died. Confirmation of infectious virus in feces affirms the potential for fecal-oral or fecal-respiratory transmission and warrants further study.

Keywords: COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; coronavirus; coronavirus disease; feces; respiratory infections; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; transmission; virus isolation; viruses; zoonoses.

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