J Med Virol. Detection of SARS-CoV-2 by RT-PCR in anal from patients who have recovered from coronavirus disease 2019

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J Med Virol. 2020 Apr 14. doi: 10.1002/jmv.25875. [Epub ahead of print]
Detection of SARS-CoV-2 by RT-PCR in anal from patients who have recovered from coronavirus disease 2019.


Liu J[SUP]1[/SUP], Xiao Y[SUP]1[/SUP], Shen Y[SUP]1[/SUP], Shi C[SUP]1[/SUP], Chen Y[SUP]1[/SUP], Shi P[SUP]1[/SUP], Gao Y[SUP]1[/SUP], Wang Y[SUP]1[/SUP], Lu B[SUP]1[/SUP].

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Abstract

An outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pneumonia caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), started in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China. The real-time reverse- transcriptase polymerase - chain - reaction (RT - PCR) method can be used for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 in oral swabs[SUP]1[/SUP] . Now, results have confirmed the presence of the live virus in stool samples from patients with COVID- 19[SUP]2[/SUP] . This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
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KEYWORDS:

Coronavirus < Virus classification; Disease control; Infection


PMID:32285947DOI:10.1002/jmv.25875