📄 Long-term SARS coronavirus excretion from patient cohort, China

This study investigated the long-term excretion of severe acute respiratory syndrome-associated coronavirus in sputum and stool specimens from 56 infected patients. The median (range) duration of virus excretion in sputa and stools was 21 (14-52) and 27 (16-126) days, respectively. Coexisting illness or conditions were associated with longer viral excretion in stools.

keywords 🔗 severe acute (1373) 🔗 respiratory syndrome-associated (90) 🔗 respiratory syndrome (2004) 🔗 acute respiratory (1734) 🔗 syndrome-associated coronavirus (88)

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