Oro-faecal transmission of SARS-CoV-2: A systematic review of studies employing viral culture from gastrointestinal and other potential sources
Sara Gandini,
John Conly,
Elizabeth A. Spencer
et al.
Abstract:BackgroundThe extent to which the oro-faecal route contributes to the transmission of SARS-CoV-2 is not established.MethodsWe systematically reviewed the evidence on the presence of infectious SARS-CoV-2 in faeces and other gastrointestinal sources by examining studies that used viral culture to investigate the presence of replication-competent virus in these samples. We conducted searches in the WHO Covid-19 Database, LitCovid, medRxiv, and Google Scholar for SARS-CoV-2 using keywords and associated synonyms,… Show more
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