RNA conversion of COVID-19 in respiratory and alimentary specimens during asymptomatic convalescence

J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2020 Oct;35(10):1836-1838. doi: 10.1111/jgh.15095. Epub 2020 Jun 26.

Authors

Yichi Zhang¹, Tingting Su², Bing Han¹, Miao Huang¹, Xueshi Zhou², Jian Wang¹, Yuanwang Qiu², Yingbin Liu³, Jinyang Gu¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Transplantation, Xinhua Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
² Infectious Disease Department, The Wuxi Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China.
³ Department of General Surgery, Xinhua Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Aged
Anal Canal / virology*
Asymptomatic Diseases
Betacoronavirus / isolation & purification*
COVID-19
COVID-19 Testing
Clinical Laboratory Techniques*
Convalescence
Coronavirus Infections / diagnosis*
Coronavirus Infections / therapy
Coronavirus Infections / transmission
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Nasopharynx / virology*
Pandemics
Pneumonia, Viral / diagnosis*
Pneumonia, Viral / therapy
Pneumonia, Viral / transmission
RNA, Viral / isolation & purification*
SARS-CoV-2
Time Factors

Substances

RNA, Viral