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In a SARS-CoV-2 HIV-positive patient, virus isolation in feces was reported when there was clinical improvement, and viable virus was not detectable in respiratory specimens. Further research into fecaloral transmission, including subgroups such as immunocompromised individuals, is needed.
33966675
(Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol)
PMID
33966675
Date of Publishing: 2021 May 10
Title Temporal differences in culturable severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) from the respiratory and gastrointestinal tracts in a patient with moderate coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
Author(s) nameAudsley JM, Holmes NE et al.
Journal Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
Impact factor
2.66
Citation count: 1
Date of Entry 2021 Dec 15


In severly ill patients, 8/12 (66.7%) showed viral shedding in a variety of tissues 20-40 days after disease onset. In 9/11 mildly ill patients, viral shedding was restrcited to the respiratory tract and 10 days after disease onset, no RNA was detectable.
32634129
(J Clin Invest)
PMID
32634129
Date of Publishing: 2020 Oct 1
Title Kinetics of viral load and antibody response in relation to COVID-19 severity
Author(s) nameWang Y, Zhang L et al.
Journal J Clin Invest
Impact factor
10.51
Citation count: 264
Date of Entry 2021 Sep 4


The maximum duration of viral shedding was from stools (46 days after discharge) among 9 positive children. Median age of the participants is 85 months. 44% of the participants were male.
32515685
(Emerg Microbes Infect)
PMID
32515685
Date of Publishing: 2020 Dec
Title Dynamic surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 shedding and neutralizing antibody in children with COVID-19
Author(s) nameLiu P, Cai J et al.
Journal Emerg Microbes Infect
Impact factor
5.84
Citation count: 35


The duration of viral shedding, detected in stool and whole blood was 12 days.
32125362
(JAMA)
PMID
32125362
Date of Publishing: 2020 Apr 21
Title Epidemiologic Features and Clinical Course of Patients Infected With SARS-CoV-2 in Singapore
Author(s) nameYoung BE, Ong SWX et al.
Journal JAMA
Impact factor
14.78
Citation count: 966


The duration of viral shedding in a 33-year-old woman, a 61-year-old man and a 75-year-old man was 55 days, 59 days and 63 days, respectively.
33282072
(Pan Afr Med J)
PMID
33282072
Date of Publishing: 2020
Title Three COVID-19 cases with a long-term viral shedding period in Tunisia
Author(s) nameBennasrallah C, Bannour R et al.
Journal Pan Afr Med J
Impact factor
0.4
Citation count: 3