RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 2019 Novel Coronavirus can be detected in urine, blood, anal swabs and oropharyngeal swabs samples
JF medRxiv
FD Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press
SP 2020.02.21.20026179
DO 10.1101/2020.02.21.20026179
A1 Peng, Liang
A1 Liu, Jing
A1 Xu, Wenxiong
A1 Luo, Qiumin
A1 Deng, Keji
A1 Lin, Bingliang
A1 Gao, Zhiliang
YR 2020
UL http://medrxiv.org/content/early/2020/02/25/2020.02.21.20026179.abstract
AB We tested samples collected from nine patients diagnosed with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The virus was found in urine, blood, anal swabs and oropharyngeal swabs. It is the first time for SARS-CoV-2 found in urine, though no urinary irritation was found.Competing Interest StatementThe authors have declared no competing interest.Funding StatementThis study was supported by grants from the Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) (No. 81570539 and 81873572), Tackling of key scientific and emergency special program of Sun Yat-sen University (SYSU-TKSESP) and Emergency special program for 2019-nCoV of Guangdong province science and technology project (GDSTP-ESP) (2020B111105001).Author DeclarationsAll relevant ethical guidelines have been followed; any necessary IRB and/or ethics committee approvals have been obtained and details of the IRB/oversight body are included in the manuscript.YesAll necessary patient/participant consent has been obtained and the appropriate institutional forms have been archived.YesI understand that all clinical trials and any other prospective interventional studies must be registered with an ICMJE-approved registry, such as ClinicalTrials.gov. I confirm that any such study reported in the manuscript has been registered and the trial registration ID is provided (note: if posting a prospective study registered retrospectively, please provide a statement in the trial ID field explaining why the study was not registered in advance).YesI have followed all appropriate research reporting guidelines and uploaded the relevant EQUATOR Network research reporting checklist(s) and other pertinent material as supplementary files, if applicable.YesI promise all data referred to in the manuscript are available.