Faecal shedding of SARS-CoV-2 from patients with asymptomatic and mild COVID-19 without gastrointestinal symptoms in Ghana
Aninagyei, Enoch and Ayivor-Djanie, Reuben and Gyamfi, Jones and Owuani, Theodore and Ameke, Selassie Louis and Kpeli, Grace Semabia and Agbogli, Hubert Kwame and Essandoh, Priscilla and Duedu, Kwabena (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). ISSN 1756-0500
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Abstract
Objective
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.
Results
Of the 48 COVID-19 patients, 45 (93.8%) had positive tests for SARS-CoV-2 faecal shedding. About 60% reported no respiratory symptoms, while only 2% (1 patient) reported gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms in the form of nausea. Other symptoms reported included headache (57.9%), weakness (57.9%), cough (52.6%), blocked/runny nose (47.4%), fever (31.6%), sore throat (31.6%), and shortness of breath (21.1%). One person complained of nausea (5.3%) Semi-quantitative comparison of the SARS COV-2 viral loads in matched respiratory and faecal samples using the cycle threshold (CT) values revealed no statistical differences. Furthermore, the duration between collection of respiratory and faecal samples did not have any direct influence on the differences in the CT values. This suggests that treatment and use of sewage for environmental surveillance of SARS COV-2 could be a potential public health countermeasure.
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| Identification Number: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s13104-024-06790-z | ||||||
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, Faecal shedding, Gastrointestinal symptoms, Sewage | ||||||
| Subjects: | CAH03 - biological and sport sciences > CAH03-01 - biosciences > CAH03-01-01 - biosciences (non-specific) | ||||||
| Divisions: | Faculty of Health, Education and Life Sciences > College of Life Sciences | ||||||
| Depositing User: | Gemma Tonks | ||||||
| Date Deposited: | 10 May 2024 13:22 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 12 Jun 2024 11:49 | ||||||
| URI: | https://www.open-access.bcu.ac.uk/id/eprint/15486 |
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