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Comment
. 2021 Sep;18(9):669.
doi: 10.1038/s41575-021-00501-w.

Rectally shed SARS-CoV-2 lacks infectivity: time to rethink faecal-oral transmission?

Rune M Pedersen  1   2 , Ditte S Tornby  1   2 , Line L Bang  1   2 , Lone W Madsen  3   4 , Marianne N Skov  1   2 , Thøger G Jensen  1   2 , Isik S Johansen  3   4 , Thomas E Andersen  5   6
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Rectally shed SARS-CoV-2 lacks infectivity: time to rethink faecal-oral transmission?

Rune M Pedersen et al. Nat Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2021 Sep.
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