• Int. J. Infect. Dis. · Jun 2020

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    Potential fecal transmission of SARS-CoV-2: Current evidence and implications for public health.

    • E Susan Amirian.
    • Public Health and Healthcare Program, Texas Policy Lab, School of Social Sciences, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA. Electronic address: ea25@rice.edu.
    • Int. J. Infect. Dis. 2020 Jun 1; 95: 363-370.

    AbstractCoronavirus 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 countries affected. 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.

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