Detection of SARS-CoV-2 in Different Types of Clinical Specimens

Wenling Wang; Yanli Xu; Ruqin Gao; Roujian Lu; Kai Han; Guizhen Wu; Wenjie Tan

doi:10.1001/jama.2020.3786

Detection of SARS-CoV-2 in Different Types of Clinical Specimens

JAMA. 2020 May 12;323(18):1843-1844. doi: 10.1001/jama.2020.3786.

Authors

Wenling Wang¹, Yanli Xu², Ruqin Gao³, Roujian Lu¹, Kai Han², Guizhen Wu¹, Wenjie Tan¹

Affiliations

¹ National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, China CDC, Beijing, China.
² Beijing Ditan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
³ Qingdao Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Qingdao, China.

Abstract

This study describes results of PCR and viral RNA testing for SARS-CoV-2 in bronchoalveolar fluid, sputum, feces, blood, and urine specimens from patients with COVID-19 infection in China to identify possible means of non-respiratory transmission.

Publication types

Multicenter Study
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Betacoronavirus / isolation & purification*
Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid / virology
Bronchoscopy / statistics & numerical data
COVID-19
Child
Child, Preschool
China
Coronavirus Infections / blood
Coronavirus Infections / urine
Coronavirus Infections / virology*
Feces / virology
Female
Gene Dosage
Genes, Viral
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Nose / virology
Open Reading Frames
Pandemics
Pharynx / virology
Pneumonia, Viral / blood
Pneumonia, Viral / urine
Pneumonia, Viral / virology*
RNA, Viral / isolation & purification*
Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction
SARS-CoV-2
Sputum / virology
Viral Load
Young Adult

Substances

RNA, Viral