Prolonged presence of SARS-CoV-2 viral RNA in faecal samples

The Lancet Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2020, Pages 434-435

  Wu, Yongjian ^a   Guo, Cheng ^b   Tang, Lantian ^a   Hong, Zhongsi ^a   Zhou, Jianhui ^a   Dong, Xin ^a   Yin, Huan ^a   Xiao, Qiang ^a   Tang, Yanping ^a   Qu, Xiujuan ^a   Kuang, Liangjian ^a   Fang, Xiaomin ^a   Mishra, Nischay ^b   Lu, Jiahai ^a   Shan, Hong ^a   Jiang, Guanmin ^a   Huang, Xi ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019; DISEASE COURSE; FECES ANALYSIS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SARS CORONAVIRUS; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS 2; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS SHEDDING; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; BETACORONAVIRUS; CHEMISTRY; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; FECES; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PANDEMIC; VIROLOGY; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

BETACORONAVIRUS; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; FECES; HUMANS; PANDEMICS; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL; RNA, VIRAL; VIRUS SHEDDING;

EID: 85082490254     PISSN: 24681253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2468-1253(20)30083-2     Document Type: Letter

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