Pilot Study: Long-Term Shedding of SARS-CoV-2 in Urine: A Threat for Dispersal in Wastewater

Only 4 months after the beginning of SARS-CoV-2 epidemic, the world is facing a global pandemic due to a complex and insidious virus that today constantly poses new challenges. In this study, we highlight a persistent shedding of SARS-CoV-2 RNA into the urine, even in patients with a negative nasoph...

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Autores principales: Baj, Andreina, Azzi, Lorenzo, Dalla Gasperina, Daniela, Genoni, Angelo, Tamborini, Antonio, Gambarini, Cinzia, Carcano, Giulio, Grossi, Paolo, Sessa, Fausto
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020
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Public Health
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7719751/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33330316
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2020.569209
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author Baj, Andreina
Azzi, Lorenzo
Dalla Gasperina, Daniela
Genoni, Angelo
Tamborini, Antonio
Gambarini, Cinzia
Carcano, Giulio
Grossi, Paolo
Sessa, Fausto
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Azzi, Lorenzo
Dalla Gasperina, Daniela
Genoni, Angelo
Tamborini, Antonio
Gambarini, Cinzia
Carcano, Giulio
Grossi, Paolo
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description Only 4 months after the beginning of SARS-CoV-2 epidemic, the world is facing a global pandemic due to a complex and insidious virus that today constantly poses new challenges. In this study, we highlight a persistent shedding of SARS-CoV-2 RNA into the urine, even in patients with a negative nasopharyngeal swab and in patients considered recovered. What does it mean? Besides the fact that the kidney is a probable site of viral replication, the prolonged viral excretion is a matter of great concern for our drainage system contamination.
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spelling pubmed-77197512020-12-15 Pilot Study: Long-Term Shedding of SARS-CoV-2 in Urine: A Threat for Dispersal in Wastewater Baj, Andreina Azzi, Lorenzo Dalla Gasperina, Daniela Genoni, Angelo Tamborini, Antonio Gambarini, Cinzia Carcano, Giulio Grossi, Paolo Sessa, Fausto Front Public Health Public Health Only 4 months after the beginning of SARS-CoV-2 epidemic, the world is facing a global pandemic due to a complex and insidious virus that today constantly poses new challenges. In this study, we highlight a persistent shedding of SARS-CoV-2 RNA into the urine, even in patients with a negative nasopharyngeal swab and in patients considered recovered. What does it mean? Besides the fact that the kidney is a probable site of viral replication, the prolonged viral excretion is a matter of great concern for our drainage system contamination. Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-11-23 /pmc/articles/PMC7719751/ /pubmed/33330316 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2020.569209 Text en Copyright © 2020 Baj, Azzi, Dalla Gasperina, Genoni, Tamborini, Gambarini, Carcano, Grossi and Sessa. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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Baj, Andreina
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Sessa, Fausto
Pilot Study: Long-Term Shedding of SARS-CoV-2 in Urine: A Threat for Dispersal in Wastewater
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title_short Pilot Study: Long-Term Shedding of SARS-CoV-2 in Urine: A Threat for Dispersal in Wastewater
title_sort pilot study: long-term shedding of sars-cov-2 in urine: a threat for dispersal in wastewater
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7719751/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33330316
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2020.569209
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