1. Detection of Novel Coronavirus by RT-PCR in Stool Specimen from Asymptomatic Child, China
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Jie-nan Liu, Peng Li, Yaxin Dai, An Tang, Kefeng Li, Meng-lu Yu, Jian-Bo Yan, Hongling Wang, Wen-jie Wu, Zhendong Tong, and Chen Yuan
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Male ,Epidemiology ,viruses ,Expedited ,coronavirus ,lcsh:Medicine ,medicine.disease_cause ,asymptomatic child ,Feces ,0302 clinical medicine ,reverse transcription PCR ,030212 general & internal medicine ,stool ,Child ,Coronavirus ,biology ,Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction ,novel coronavirus disease ,Patient Discharge ,Reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction ,Infectious Diseases ,Real-time polymerase chain reaction ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus ,RNA, Viral ,medicine.symptom ,Coronavirus Infections ,Article Commentary ,severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 ,Microbiology (medical) ,China ,030231 tropical medicine ,Pneumonia, Viral ,novel coronavirus ,RT-PCR ,Asymptomatic ,Virus ,Detection of Novel Coronavirus by RT-PCR in Stool Specimen from Asymptomatic Child, China ,lcsh:Infectious and parasitic diseases ,2019 novel coronavirus disease ,03 medical and health sciences ,respiratory infections ,Betacoronavirus ,medicine ,Research Letter ,Humans ,lcsh:RC109-216 ,Pandemics ,business.industry ,SARS-CoV-2 ,lcsh:R ,COVID-19 ,biology.organism_classification ,Virology ,business ,Respiratory tract - Abstract
We report an asymptomatic child who was positive for a coronavirus by reverse transcription PCR in a stool specimen 17 days after the last virus exposure. The child was virus positive in stool specimens for at least an additional 9 days. Respiratory tract specimens were negative by reverse transcription PCR.
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- 2020