Prolonged SARS-CoV-2 RNA detection in anal/rectal swabs and stool specimens in COVID-19 patients after negative conversion in nasopharyngeal RT-PCR test

J Med Virol. 2020 Nov;92(11):2328-2331. doi: 10.1002/jmv.26007. Epub 2020 Aug 2.
No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; coronavirus; prolonged SARS-CoV-2 detection.

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Anal Canal / virology*
  • COVID-19 / diagnosis*
  • COVID-19 Nucleic Acid Testing / statistics & numerical data*
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Cohort Studies
  • Data Analysis
  • Feces / virology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Nasopharynx / virology*
  • RNA, Viral / isolation & purification
  • Rectum / virology*
  • Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • SARS-CoV-2
  • Virus Shedding
  • Young Adult

Substances

  • RNA, Viral