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SUBMITTER: Mesoraca A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7324771 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Virology journal 20200630 1
The need for timely establishment of a complete diagnostic protocol of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is demanded worldwide. We selected 15 positive novel coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) patients with mild or no symptom. Initially, fecal samples were negative in the 67% (10/15) of the cases, while 33% (5/10) of the cases were positive. After serial virus RNA testing, 73% (11/15) of the cases resulted positive to fecal specimens. In particular, 15 days after the fi ...[more]