Isolation of infectious SARS-CoV-2 from urine of a COVID-19 patient.
Emerg Microbes Infect
; 9(1): 991-993, 2020 Dec.
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| ID: mdl-32342724
SARS-CoV-2 caused a major outbreak of severe pneumonia (COVID-19) in humans. Viral RNA was detected in multiple organs in COVID-19 patients. However, infectious SARS-CoV-2 was only isolated from respiratory specimens. Here, infectious SARS-CoV-2 was successfully isolated from urine of a COVID-19 patient. The virus isolated could infect new susceptible cells and was recognized by its' own patient sera. Appropriate precautions should be taken to avoid transmission from urine.
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Pneumonia Viral
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Infecções por Coronavirus
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Betacoronavirus
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2020
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