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Shedding light on where #COVID19 replicates, informing transmission:
"Pharyngeal virus shedding was very high during the first week of symptoms...Infectious virus was readily isolated from throat- and lung-derived samples, but not from stool samples." https://go.nature.com/2X64lH4 ">https://go.nature.com/2X64lH4&q...
Shedding light on where #COVID19 replicates, informing transmission:
"Pharyngeal virus shedding was very high during the first week of symptoms...Infectious virus was readily isolated from throat- and lung-derived samples, but not from stool samples." https://go.nature.com/2X64lH4 ">https://go.nature.com/2X64lH4&q...
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Also: "Blood and urine never yielded virus."
Take-home points:
-Fecal-oral and blood transmission may not play a role
-In the context of other recent work, we may see viral transmission (from upper respiratory tract) before symptoms occur and in subclinical individuals
Also: "Blood and urine never yielded virus."
Take-home points:
-Fecal-oral and blood transmission may not play a role
-In the context of other recent work, we may see viral transmission (from upper respiratory tract) before symptoms occur and in subclinical individuals
