Faecal shedding of SARS-CoV-2 from patients with asymptomatic and mild COVID-19 without gastrointestinal symptoms in Ghana

Enoch Aninagyei; Reuben Ayivor-Djanie; Jones Gyamfi; Theodore Owuani; Selassie Louis Ameke; Grace Semabia Kpeli; Hubert Kwame Agbogli; Priscilla Essandoh; Kwabena Obeng Duedu

doi:10.1186/s13104-024-06790-z

Faecal shedding of SARS-CoV-2 from patients with asymptomatic and mild COVID-19 without gastrointestinal symptoms in Ghana

Enoch Aninagyei
, Reuben Ayivor-Djanie
, Jones Gyamfi
, Theodore Owuani
, Selassie Louis Ameke
, Grace Semabia Kpeli
, Hubert Kwame Agbogli
, Priscilla Essandoh
, Kwabena Obeng Duedu^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

University of Health and Allied Sciences
University of Ghana
Ghana Health Service

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Abstract

In this study, we sought to determine whether faecal shedding occurs among SARS-COV-2 positive Ghanaians, as reported elsewhere. Hence we assayed for SARS-COV-2 in the stools of 48 SARS-COV-2 confirmed patients at the Ho Municipal Hospital in Ghana.

Original language	English
Article number	130
Journal	BMC Research Notes
Volume	17
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1186/s13104-024-06790-z https://doi.org/10.1186/s13104-024-06790-z
Publication status	Published (VoR) - 10 May 2024

Keywords

COVID-19
Faecal shedding
Gastrointestinal symptoms
SARS-CoV-2
Sewage

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Aninagyei, E., Ayivor-Djanie, R., Gyamfi, J., Owuani, T., Ameke, S. L., Kpeli, G. S., Agbogli, H. K., Essandoh, P., & Duedu, K. O. (2024). Faecal shedding of SARS-CoV-2 from patients with asymptomatic and mild COVID-19 without gastrointestinal symptoms in Ghana. BMC Research Notes, 17(1), Article 130. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13104-024-06790-z, https://doi.org/10.1186/s13104-024-06790-z

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