Put a lid on it: are faecal bio-aerosols a route of transmission for SARS-CoV-2?

J Hosp Infect. 2020 Jul;105(3):397-398. doi: 10.1016/j.jhin.2020.04.024. Epub 2020 Apr 18.

Authors

C V McDermott^{1

2}, R Z Alicic^{1

2

3}, N Harden⁴, E J Cox³, J M Scanlan⁵

Affiliations

¹ Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center & Children's Hospital, Spokane, WA, USA.
² University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA.
³ Providence Medical Research Center, Spokane, WA, USA.
⁴ MultiCare Valley Hospital, Spokane Valley, WA, USA.
⁵ Swedish Center for Research and Innovation, Seattle, WA, USA.

No abstract available

Keywords: Bio-aerosols; COVID-19; Coronavirus disease 2019; Faecal transmission; Gastrointestinal shedding; Nosocomial infections; SARS-CoV-2.

MeSH terms

Aerosols / administration & dosage*
Betacoronavirus / physiology*
COVID-19
Coronavirus Infections / transmission*
Cross Infection / prevention & control
Cross Infection / transmission*
Feces / virology*
Humans
Pandemics / prevention & control
Pneumonia, Viral / transmission*
SARS-CoV-2
Virus Shedding

Substances

Aerosols