tetano
Editor, Senior Moderator
Int J Infect Dis. 2020 Apr 23. pii: S1201-9712(20)30273-3. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2020.04.057. [Epub ahead of print]
Potential Fecal Transmission of SARS-CoV-2: Current Evidence and Implications for Public Health.
Amirian ES[SUP]1[/SUP].
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Abstract
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) emerged in Hubei Province, China in December 2019 and has since become a global pandemic, with hundreds of thousands of cases and over 165 affected countries. Primary routes of transmission of the causative virus, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2), are through respiratory droplets and close person-to-person contact. While information about other potential modes of transmission are relatively sparse, evidence supporting the possibility of a fecally-mediated mode of transmission has been accumulating. Here, current knowledge on the potential for fecal transmission is briefly reviewed and the possible implications are discussed from a public health perspective.
Copyright ? 2020 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd.. All rights reserved.
KEYWORDS:
COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; coronavirus; disease control; fecal-oral transmission; mode of transmission; route of transmission
PMID:32335340DOI:10.1016/j.ijid.2020.04.057
Potential Fecal Transmission of SARS-CoV-2: Current Evidence and Implications for Public Health.
Amirian ES[SUP]1[/SUP].
Author information
Abstract
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) emerged in Hubei Province, China in December 2019 and has since become a global pandemic, with hundreds of thousands of cases and over 165 affected countries. Primary routes of transmission of the causative virus, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2), are through respiratory droplets and close person-to-person contact. While information about other potential modes of transmission are relatively sparse, evidence supporting the possibility of a fecally-mediated mode of transmission has been accumulating. Here, current knowledge on the potential for fecal transmission is briefly reviewed and the possible implications are discussed from a public health perspective.
Copyright ? 2020 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd.. All rights reserved.
KEYWORDS:
COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; coronavirus; disease control; fecal-oral transmission; mode of transmission; route of transmission
PMID:32335340DOI:10.1016/j.ijid.2020.04.057