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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDo we know yet if the virus can be spread thru feces? I noticed the recent deaths
are in nursing home where some patients can't control body functions. The staff that is helping them could get infected and then spread it accidentally to other employees and patients.
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Do we know yet if the virus can be spread thru feces? I noticed the recent deaths (Original Post)
patricia92243
Mar 2020
OP
Scary stuff. Of course our fearless leader is informing the public of all this. (Sarcasm)
patricia92243
Mar 2020
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dalton99a
(81,570 posts)1. Yes. There are multiple shedding routes
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/22221751.2020.1729071
Molecular and serological investigation of 2019-nCoV infected patients: implication of multiple shedding routes
Molecular and serological investigation of 2019-nCoV infected patients: implication of multiple shedding routes
In December 2019, a novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) caused an outbreak in Wuhan, China, and soon spread to other parts of the world. It was believed that 2019-nCoV was transmitted through respiratory tract and then induced pneumonia, thus molecular diagnosis based on oral swabs was used for confirmation of this disease. Likewise, patient will be released upon two times of negative detection from oral swabs. However, many coronaviruses can also be transmitted through oralfecal route by infecting intestines. Whether 2019-nCoV infected patients also carry virus in other organs like intestine need to be tested. We conducted investigation on patients in a local hospital who were infected with this virus. We found the presence of 2019-nCoV in anal swabs and blood as well, and more anal swab positives than oral swab positives in a later stage of infection, suggesting shedding and thereby transmitted through oralfecal route. We also showed serology test can improve detection positive rate thus should be used in future epidemiology. Our report provides a cautionary warning that 2019-nCoV may be shed through multiple routes.
patricia92243
(12,601 posts)2. Scary stuff. Of course our fearless leader is informing the public of all this. (Sarcasm)
Fresh_Start
(11,330 posts)3. yes, it is another source of transmission nt
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FBaggins
(26,757 posts)4. Sure... but that's likely focusing on the wrong end of the chain
More common means of vital transmission (e.g. coughing) occur in nursing homes too.
The correlation between recent deaths and nursing homes is almost certainly less on the modes of infection and more on the fact that nursing homes are filled with elderly patients far more likely to have existing respiratory issues (already identified as the highest death rate groups for this virus)