Table 1 Research on the infectivity of virus shedding in faecal samples in human and animal studies
From: Reply to: Rectally shed SARS-CoV-2 lacks infectivity: time to rethink faecal–oral transmission?
Reference | Electron microscopy | RT-PCR | Cytopathic effectsa | Immunofluorescenceb | TCID50 | Faecal supernatants inoculating naive animals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Clinical studies | ||||||
Yao et al.7 | − | + | + | + | + | − |
Xiao et al.3 | + | − | + | + | − | − |
Zhou et al.4 | − | + | − | − | − | − |
Wang et al.5 | + | − | − | − | − | − |
Zhang et al.6 | + | − | − | − | − | − |
Wölfel et al.8 | Failed to isolate in mild cases | |||||
Animal studies | ||||||
Jiao et al.9 | − | − | − | − | + | − |
Kim et al.10 | − | − | − | − | − | + |