Long-term SARS Coronavirus Excretion from Patient Cohort, China

Long-term SARS Coronavirus Excretion from Patient Cohort, China

Li-Qun Fang, Fang Tang, Arnaud Fontanet, Lin Zhan, Qiu-Min Zhao, Pan-He Zhang, Xiaoming Wu, Shu-Qing Zuo, Laurence Baril, Astrid Vabret, Zhong-Tao Xin, Yiming Shao, Hong Yang, Wu-Chun Cao

This study investigated the long-term excretion of severe acute respiratory syndrome–associated coronavirus in sputum and stool specimens from 56 infected patients. The median (range) duration of virus excretion in sputa and stools was 21 (14–52) and 27 (16–126) days, respectively. Coexisting illness or conditions were associated with longer viral excretion in stools.

2004

dispatch, severe acute respiratory syndrome, Epidemiology, cohort, Transmission, diagnosis

DOI: 10.3201/eid1010.040297

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Infectious and parasitic diseases, Medicine

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