Alliance for Pandemic Preparedness

May 19, 2020

Infectious SARS-CoV-2 in Feces of Patient with Severe COVID-19

Category:

Topic:

  • Infectious SARS-CoV-2 virus was isolated from feces of a patient in China who died of COVID-19 disease, suggesting there could be potential for fecal-oral or fecal-respiratory transmission.

Xiao et al. (May18, 2020). Infectious SARS-CoV-2 in Feces of Patient with Severe COVID-19. Emerging Infectious Diseases. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2608.200681