Prolonged SARS‐CoV‐2 RNA detection in anal/rectal swabs and stool specimens in COVID‐19 patients after negative conversion in nasopharyngeal RT‐PCR test

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) is a rapidly escalating pandemic that has spread to many parts of the world. Current data available on COVID‐19 would suggest that SARS‐CoV‐2 virus is shed through the gastrointestinal system via feces. Some reports further indicate that a subset of COVID‐19 patie...

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Published in:Journal of Medical Virology 2020-11, Vol.92 (11), p.2328-2331
Main Authors: Kipkorir, Vincent, Cheruiyot, Isaac, Ngure, Brian, Misiani, Musa, Munguti, Jeremiah
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Anal Canal - virology
Child
Child, Preschool
Cohort Studies
coronavirus
COVID-19
COVID-19 - diagnosis
COVID-19 Nucleic Acid Testing - statistics & numerical data
Data Analysis
Feces - virology
Female
Humans
Infant
Letter to the Editor
Letters to the Editor
Male
Middle Aged
Nasopharynx - virology
prolonged SARS‐CoV‐2 detection
Rectum
Rectum - virology
Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
Ribonucleic acid
RNA
RNA, Viral - isolation & purification
SARS-CoV-2
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
Virology
Virus Shedding
Young Adult
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Summary:Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) is a rapidly escalating pandemic that has spread to many parts of the world. Current data available on COVID‐19 would suggest that SARS‐CoV‐2 virus is shed through the gastrointestinal system via feces. Some reports further indicate that a subset of COVID‐19 patients may continue to have positive SARS‐CoV‐2 anal/rectal swab and stool test after negative conversion of nasopharyngeal test. This paper analyses current literature to so as to shed some light on this issue.
ISSN:0146-6615
1096-9071
DOI:10.1002/jmv.26007