Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
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Clin. Microbiol. Infect. · Nov 2020
Comparative StudyViable SARS-CoV-2 in various specimens from COVID-19 patients.
The aim was to determine whether various clinical specimens obtained from COVID-19 patients contain the infectious virus. ⋯ Viable SARS-CoV-2 was demonstrated in saliva, urine and stool samples from COVID-19 patients up to days 11-15 of the clinical course. This result suggests that viable SARS-CoV-2 can be secreted in various clinical samples and respiratory specimens.