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

Coronavirus 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 (S...

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Main Author:	E. Susan Amirian
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier 2020-06-01
Series:	International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Subjects:	Coronavirus COVID-19 SARS-CoV-2 Fecal–oral transmission Mode of transmission Route of transmission
Online Access:	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971220302733

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spelling	doaj-25cffa66c29943cfb6fbe823c1e7dbeb2020-11-25T03:11:14ZengElsevierInternational Journal of Infectious Diseases1201-97122020-06-0195363370Potential fecal transmission of SARS-CoV-2: Current evidence and implications for public healthE. Susan Amirian0Correspondence to: Public Health and Healthcare Program, Texas Policy Lab, School of Social Sciences, Rice University, 6100 Main St, Houston, TX 77005, USA.; Public Health and Healthcare Program, Texas Policy Lab, School of Social Sciences, Rice University, Houston, TX, USACoronavirus 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.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971220302733CoronavirusCOVID-19SARS-CoV-2Fecal–oral transmissionMode of transmissionRoute of transmission
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title	Potential fecal transmission of SARS-CoV-2: Current evidence and implications for public health
title_short	Potential fecal transmission of SARS-CoV-2: Current evidence and implications for public health
title_full	Potential fecal transmission of SARS-CoV-2: Current evidence and implications for public health
title_fullStr	Potential fecal transmission of SARS-CoV-2: Current evidence and implications for public health
title_full_unstemmed	Potential fecal transmission of SARS-CoV-2: Current evidence and implications for public health
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publisher	Elsevier
series	International Journal of Infectious Diseases
issn	1201-9712
publishDate	2020-06-01
description	Coronavirus 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.
topic	Coronavirus COVID-19 SARS-CoV-2 Fecal–oral transmission Mode of transmission Route of transmission
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Potential fecal transmission of SARS-CoV-2: Current evidence and implications for public health

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