Review article: gastrointestinal features in COVID‐19 and the possibility of faecal transmission

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Authors

Yuan Tian · Peking University First Hospital

Long Rong · Peking University First Hospital

Abstract

Gastrointestinal symptoms are common in patients with COVID-19, and had an increased prevalence in the later stage of the recent epidemic in China. SARS-CoV-2 enters gastrointestinal epithelial cells, and the faeces of COVID-19 patients are potentially infectious.

Topics & Keywords

COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Long-Term Effects of COVID-19

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics

Volume 51, Issue 9, pp. 843-851

DOI: 10.1111/apt.15731

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