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cord-035067-ic843wr9	de Almeida, Joana Ferro Machado	COVID-19 and the gastrointestinal tract: what do we already know?	2020-11-05		.txt	text/plain	5453	336	56	Those infected may be asymptomatic, present typical symptoms (fever, dry cough and dyspnea), gastrointestinal symptoms (diarrhea, nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain) and viral RNA in stools. Information on country of origin, mean age, different comorbidities, typical symptoms (fever, cough, and dyspnea, among others), gastrointestinal symptoms (diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, and abdominal pain), and the presence of viral RNA in feces, when cited, were included in this study for analysis. (19) According to the descriptive, cross-sectional, multicenter study (three hospitals in Hubei, China) by Pan et al., with 204 patients, in which 107 were male, mean age of 52.91±15.98 years, 103 (50.5%) reported some gastrointestinal symptom, such as lack of appetite (81; 78.6%), diarrhea (35; 34.0%), vomiting (4; 3.9%), and abdominal pain (2; 1.9%). (26) Cipriano et al., conducted a systematic review with six studies of patients from China, which points to the possibility of SARS-CoV-2 infection in the gastrointestinal tract and fecal-oral transmission.	./cache/cord-035067-ic843wr9.txt	./txt/cord-035067-ic843wr9.txt