Attention to the damage of 2019 novel coronavirus to digestive system and the possibility of fecal-oral transmission

Abstract

Since the end of December 2019, new coronavirus pneumonia (COVID-19) gradually rapid spread to all over the country, which with strong infectious and had become a major public health event concerned by the whole country. Although scientists devote to the research of COVID-19, however so far some public health related key factors such as the mode of virus transmission and infection route, are just known little. Current researches suggest that in addition to respiratory transmission, 2019 novel coronaviruses (2019-nCoV) may also have fecal-oral transmission. In clinical practice, it was found that part of patients initially present with gastrointestinal symptoms, and not a few patients are with digestive system injury. These findings put forward new requirements of COVID-19 prevention and therapeutic strategy. Key words: COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; Digestive system damage; fecal-oral transmission