Open AccessSARS-CoV-2 Is Present in Peritoneal Fluid in COVID-19 Patients
Author(s) -
Federico Coccolini,
Dario Tartaglia,
Adolfo Puglisi,
Cesira Giordano,
Mauro Pistello,
Marianna Lodato,
Massimo Chiarugi
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
annals of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.153
H-Index - 309
eISSN - 1528-1140
pISSN - 0003-4932
DOI - 10.1097/sla.0000000000004030
Subject(s) - medicine , covid-19 , peritoneal fluid , body fluid , virus , virology , viral load , pathology , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty) , outbreak
The excretion pathomechanisms of SARS-CoV-2 are actually unknown. No certain data exist about viral load in the different body compartments and fluids during the different disease phases.