Nucleic acid detection of fecal samples from confirmed cases of COVID-19
Chinese Journal of Zoonoses
; 36(5):359-361, 2020.
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in Chinese
| GIM | ID: covidwho-1726190
ABSTRACT
To investigate the status of viral infection in the feces of confirmed COVID-19, cases fecal samples or anal swabs from 36 confirmed cases were collected, 2019-nCoV was detected by real-time fluorescence RT-PCR, and the infection rates of the cases were compared by statistical analysis software SPSS 19.0. Among the 36 samples, 20 (55.56%) were positive for 2019-nCoV. The positive rate of critical cases (2/3) and severe cases(6/9) were both 66.67%, the positive rate of common pneumonia was 62.50% (10/16), and the positive rate of mild pneumonia was 25.00% (2/8). The 36 confirmed COVID-19 cases included 22 males and 14 females, with a detection rate of 54.55% and 57.14%, respectively. The age distribution range of the cases was ranging between 17 and 86 years old, with an average age of 48.75 years. Among the 36 samples, 2 positive specimens in 5 anal swab specimens and 18 positive specimens in 31 fecal specimens were detected. There were no statistically significant differences in the positive detection rates among clinical types, genders, ages and specimen types, respectively. From these results, we deduced that fecal samples of confirmed COVID-19 cases contained 2019-nCoV, which can cause infection through potential fecal-oral transmission and be significant for clinical treatment and epidemiological study.
age; anus; disease transmission; human diseases; human faeces; lungs; men; nucleic acids; pneumonia; respiratory diseases; viral diseases; women; epidemiology; man; Homo; Hominidae; primates; mammals; vertebrates; Chordata; animals; eukaryotes; Coronavirus disease; Covid-19; Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; human feces; lung diseases; viral infections
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Chinese Journal of Zoonoses
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2020
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