Enteric involvement of SARS-CoV-2: Implications for the COVID-19 management, transmission, and infection control

Jiandong Shi; Jing Sun; Yunzhang Hu

doi:10.1080/21505594.2020.1794410

Enteric involvement of SARS-CoV-2: Implications for the COVID-19 management, transmission, and infection control

Virulence. 2020 Dec;11(1):941-944. doi: 10.1080/21505594.2020.1794410.

Authors

Jiandong Shi^{1

2}, Jing Sun^{1

2}, Yunzhang Hu^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Medical Biology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College , Kunming, Yunnan, China.
² Yunnan Provincial Key Laboratory of Vector-borne Diseases Control and Research , Pu'er, Yunnan, China.

No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; digestive tract route; fecal-oral transmission; mode of transmission.

Publication types

Editorial
Comment

MeSH terms

Betacoronavirus
COVID-19
Coronavirus Infections / epidemiology*
Feces
Humans
Infection Control
Pandemics*
Pneumonia, Viral*
RNA*
SARS-CoV-2

Substances

RNA

Grants and funding

This study was supported by the Chinese academy medical sciences (CAMS) Innovation Fund for Medical Sciences (2017-I2M-3-022), the Yunnan Applied Basic Research Projects (2017FB115, 2017ZF007, and 2017FB040), the Fund for Reserve Talents of Young and Middle-aged Academic and Technical Leaders of Yunnan Province (2019HB043).