Enteric involvement of coronaviruses: is faecal–oral transmission of SARS-CoV-2 possible?
Charleen Yeo, Sanghvi Kaushal, Danson Yeo
Published:February 19, 2020DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/S2468-1253(20)30048-0
The end of 2019 was marked by the emergence of a novel coronavirus, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), which caused an outbreak of viral pneumonia (COVID-19) in Wuhan, China. At the time of writing, SARS-CoV-2, previously known as 2019-nCoV, has spread to more than 26 countries around the world. According to the WHO COVID-19 situation report-28 released on Feb 17, 2020, more than 71?000 cases have been confirmed and at least 1770 deaths.