Rectally shed SARS-CoV-2 lacks infectivity: time to rethink faecal–oral transmission?
Rune M. Pedersen, Ditte S. Tornby, Line L. Bang, Lone Wulff Madsen, Marianne Nielsine Skov, Thøger Gorm Jensen, Işık Somuncu Johansen, Thomas Emil Andersen
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