SARS-CoV-2 viral shedding characteristics and potential evidence for the priority for faecal specimen testing in diagnosis

Chen Yuan; Hongling Wang; Kefeng Li; An Tang; Yaxin Dai; Bing Wu; Hui Zhang; Jiabei Chen; Jienan Liu; Wenjie Wu; Songye Gu; Hai Wang; Haodi Xu; Mingyu Wu; Menglu Yu; Yuchao Wang; Xinwei Yu; Jialu He; Shelan Liu; Yongli Zhang; Zhendong Tong; Jianbo Yan

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0247367

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SARS-CoV-2 viral shedding characteristics and potential evidence for the priority for faecal specimen testing in diagnosis

Chen Yuan ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Chen Yuan, Hongling Wang, Kefeng Li, An Tang

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Infectious Disease, Zhoushan Municipal Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Zhoushan City, Zhejiang Province, People’s Republic of China

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0031-0079

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Hongling Wang ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Chen Yuan, Hongling Wang, Kefeng Li, An Tang

Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation, Validation

Affiliation Laboratory of Microbiology, Zhoushan Municipal Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Zhoushan City, Zhejiang Province, People’s Republic of China
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Kefeng Li ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Chen Yuan, Hongling Wang, Kefeng Li, An Tang

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Infectious Disease, Zhoushan Municipal Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Zhoushan City, Zhejiang Province, People’s Republic of China
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An Tang ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Chen Yuan, Hongling Wang, Kefeng Li, An Tang

Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Supervision

Affiliation Department of Infectious Disease, Zhoushan Municipal Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Zhoushan City, Zhejiang Province, People’s Republic of China
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Yaxin Dai,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology

Affiliation Department of Infectious Disease, Zhoushan Municipal Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Zhoushan City, Zhejiang Province, People’s Republic of China
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Bing Wu,

Roles Data curation, Investigation

Affiliation Laboratory of Microbiology, Zhoushan Municipal Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Zhoushan City, Zhejiang Province, People’s Republic of China
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Hui Zhang,

Roles Data curation, Investigation

Affiliation Laboratory of Microbiology, Zhoushan Municipal Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Zhoushan City, Zhejiang Province, People’s Republic of China
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Jiabei Chen,

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Laboratory of Microbiology, Zhoushan Municipal Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Zhoushan City, Zhejiang Province, People’s Republic of China
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Jienan Liu,

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Infectious Disease, Zhoushan Municipal Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Zhoushan City, Zhejiang Province, People’s Republic of China
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Wenjie Wu,

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of HIV/AIDS & Tuberculosis, Zhoushan Municipal Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Zhoushan City, Zhejiang Province, People’s Republic of China
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Songye Gu,

Roles Investigation

Affiliation HIV/AIDS Confirmation Laboratory, Zhoushan Municipal Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Zhoushan City, Zhejiang Province, People’s Republic of China
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Hai Wang,

Roles Investigation

Affiliation HIV/AIDS Confirmation Laboratory, Zhoushan Municipal Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Zhoushan City, Zhejiang Province, People’s Republic of China
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Haodi Xu,

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Infectious Disease, Zhoushan Municipal Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Zhoushan City, Zhejiang Province, People’s Republic of China
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Mingyu Wu,

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Immunisation, Zhoushan Municipal Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Zhoushan City, Zhejiang Province, People’s Republic of China
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Menglu Yu,

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Department of Immunisation, Zhoushan Municipal Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Zhoushan City, Zhejiang Province, People’s Republic of China
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Yuchao Wang,

Roles Project administration, Supervision

Affiliation Department of Infectious Disease, Zhoushan Municipal Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Zhoushan City, Zhejiang Province, People’s Republic of China
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Xinwei Yu,

Roles Funding acquisition, Resources

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Health Risk Factors for Seafood of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang Province, People’s Republic of China
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Jialu He,

Roles Resources

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Health Risk Factors for Seafood of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang Province, People’s Republic of China
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Shelan Liu,

Roles Funding acquisition, Validation

Affiliation Zhejiang Provincial Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province, People’s Republic of China
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Yongli Zhang ,

Roles Project administration, Resources, Supervision

¶‡ YZ, ZT and JY also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Health Risk Factors for Seafood of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang Province, People’s Republic of China
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Zhendong Tong ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: yanjianbo02@163.com (JY); zscdc@hotmail.com (ZT)

¶‡ YZ, ZT and JY also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Department of Infectious Disease, Zhoushan Municipal Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Zhoushan City, Zhejiang Province, People’s Republic of China
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Jianbo Yan

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: yanjianbo02@163.com (JY); zscdc@hotmail.com (ZT)

¶‡ YZ, ZT and JY also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Health Risk Factors for Seafood of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang Province, People’s Republic of China
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SARS-CoV-2 viral shedding characteristics and potential evidence for the priority for faecal specimen testing in diagnosis

Chen Yuan,
Hongling Wang,
Kefeng Li,
An Tang,
Yaxin Dai,
Bing Wu,
Hui Zhang,
Jiabei Chen,
Jienan Liu,
Wenjie Wu

Published: February 22, 2021
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0247367

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