Department of Laboratory Medicine, the Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou 646000, China.
Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, the Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou 646000, China.
J Zhejiang Univ Sci B. 2020;21(9):749-751. doi: 10.1631/jzus.B2000253.
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), was found initially in Wuhan, China in early December 2019. The pandemic has spread to 216 countries and regions, infecting more than 23310 000 people and causing over 800 000 deaths globally by Aug. 24, 2020, according to World Health Organization (https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/ novel-coronavirus-2019). Fever, cough, and dyspnea are the three common symptoms of the condition, whereas the conventional transmission route for SARS-CoV-2 is through droplets entering the respiratory tract. To date, infection control measures for COVID-19 have been focusing on the involvement of the respiratory system. However, ignoring potential faecal transmission and the gastrointestinal involvement of SARS-CoV-2 may result in mistakes in attempts to control the pandemic.
2019 年冠状病毒病（COVID-19），由严重急性呼吸系统综合征冠状病毒 2 型（SARS-CoV-2）引起，最初于 2019 年 12 月初在中国武汉被发现。截至 2020 年 8 月 24 日，据世界卫生组织（https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019）报道，该大流行已传播至 216 个国家和地区，感染了超过 2331 万人，并导致全球超过 80 万人死亡。发热、咳嗽和呼吸困难是该病的三种常见症状，而 SARS-CoV-2 的常规传播途径是通过飞沫进入呼吸道。迄今为止，COVID-19 的感染控制措施一直侧重于呼吸系统的参与。然而，忽视 SARS-CoV-2 可能存在的粪口传播和胃肠道受累，可能导致在控制大流行方面出现错误。
