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

Abstract

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 was isolated from feces of a patient in China with coronavirus disease who died. Confirmation of infectious virus in feces affirms the potential for fecal–oral or fecal–respiratory transmission and warrants further study.

Keywords

• severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
• SARS-CoV-2
• viruses
• coronavirus
• coronavirus disease
• COVID-19