However, experts believe that the main route of infection is the virus-laden drops that come from the cough of an infected person.
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Scientists have identified that fecal matter is a secondary route of transmission of the new coronavirus. The discovery was announced this Friday after obtaining the results of a study that evaluated patients with abdominal symptoms and soft stools, reports AFP.
However, experts believe that the main route of infection is the virus loaded drops that come from the cough of an infected person. Previously, specialists focused on patients with respiratory symptoms bypassing other signals linked to the digestive system.
An investigation published in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that 10% of 138 cases presented diarrhea and nausea 1 or 2 days before the development of fever and breathlessness (choking or shortness of breath).
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Likewise, patients with soft stools have been reported, and shortly after the virus was detected in the stool, which suggests another transmission path, as happened with the SARS and the evidence in the urine.
For his part, the clinical professor of pathology at the University of Hong Kong, John Nicholls, believes that squat latrines, common in China, that lack covers, and the fact of not washing your hands with water and soap After using the bathroom they could be a source of transmission.
While the virus found in feces can be transmitted through fecal dissemination, scientists have not determined the time of life that this infectious agent has outside the body, as well as the temperature range to which it is sensitive.
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