📄 Detection of Novel Coronavirus by RT-PCR in Stool Specimen from Asymptomatic Child, China.

We report an asymptomatic child who was positive for a 2019 novel 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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