Detection of SARS-CoV-2 in Different Types of Clinical Specimens

This study describes results of PCR and viral RNA testing for SARS-CoV-2 in bronchoalveolar fluid, sputum, feces, blood, and urine specimens from patients with COVID-19 infection in China to identify possible means of non-respiratory transmission.

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Published inJAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association Vol. 323; no. 18; pp. 1843 - 1844
Main Authors Wang, Wenling, Xu, Yanli, Gao, Ruqin, Lu, Roujian, Han, Kai, Wu, Guizhen, Tan, Wenjie
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States American Medical Association 12.05.2020
Subjects
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Alveoli
Betacoronavirus - isolation & purification
Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid - virology
Bronchoscopy - statistics & numerical data
Bronchus
Child
Child, Preschool
China
Coronavirus Infections - blood
Coronavirus Infections - urine
Coronavirus Infections - virology
COVID-19
Feces - virology
Female
Gene Dosage
Genes, Viral
Humans
Letter
Letters
Male
Middle Aged
Nose - virology
Online First
Open Reading Frames
Pandemics
Pharynx - virology
Pneumonia, Viral - blood
Pneumonia, Viral - urine
Pneumonia, Viral - virology
Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction
Research Letter
Ribonucleic acid
RNA
RNA, Viral - isolation & purification
SARS-CoV-2
Severe acute respiratory syndrome
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
Sputum
Sputum - virology
Viral diseases
Viral Load
Young Adult
China
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Summary:This study describes results of PCR and viral RNA testing for SARS-CoV-2 in bronchoalveolar fluid, sputum, feces, blood, and urine specimens from patients with COVID-19 infection in China to identify possible means of non-respiratory transmission.
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ISSN:0098-7484
1538-3598
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DOI:10.1001/jama.2020.3786