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cord-309577-438fotfd	Xing, Yuhan	Dynamics of faecal SARS-CoV-2 in infected children during the convalescent phase	2020-04-10		.txt	text/plain	965	73	56	1 We would like to share findings from our paediatric patients who were positive for nucleic acid testing for SARS-CoV-2 in stools up to 8-20 days after clearance of viral RNA in respiratory specimens. Surprisingly, we found SARS-CoV-2 remained detectable in faeces of paediatric patients for approximately 4 weeks, whereas negative conversion of viral RNA in respiratory specimens occurred within 2 weeks after disease onset. Two children showed negative results for faecal detection of SARS-CoV-2 20 days after clear-ance of viral RNA in the respiratory tract, while another child persistently tested positive on faecal samples even 8 days after respiratory samples turning negative. Faecal shedding of viral RNA has been constantly reported in patients infected with SARS-CoV-2. 7 -10 One study reported over half of the 17 patients had faecal samples positive for SARS-CoV-2 detection, although virus copies in stools were less than those in respiratory specimens.	./cache/cord-309577-438fotfd.txt	./txt/cord-309577-438fotfd.txt