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

• Published in: Emerging infectious diseases Vol. 26; no. 6; pp. 1337 - 1339
• Main Authors: Tang, An, Tong, Zhen-dong, Wang, Hong-ling, Dai, Ya-xin, Li, Ke-feng, Liu, Jie-nan, Wu, Wen-jie, Yuan, Chen, Yu, Meng-lu, Li, Peng, Yan, Jian-bo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases 01.06.2020; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Subjects: Asymptomatic; Betacoronavirus - isolation & purification; Child; coronavirus; Coronavirus Infections - diagnosis; Coronaviruses; COVID-19; Detection of Novel Coronavirus by RT-PCR in Stool Specimen from Asymptomatic Child, China; Disease control; Disease prevention; Disease transmission; Elementary school students; Epidemiology; Expedited; Feces - virology; Fever; Hospitalization; Hospitals; Humans; Infections; Laboratories; Male; Medical research; novel coronavirus; novel coronavirus disease; Pandemics; Patients; Pneumonia; Pneumonia, Viral - diagnosis; Research Letter; respiratory infections; Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; RNA, Viral - isolation & purification; SARS-CoV-2; Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; viruses; China; stool; viruses; reverse transcription PCR; coronavirus; asymptomatic child; respiratory infections; COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; China; RT-PCR; novel coronavirus; 2019 novel coronavirus disease
• ISSN: 1080-6040; 1080-6059; 1080-6059
• DOI: 10.3201/eid2606.200301

We report an asymptomatic child who was positive for a 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.