Author/Authors :
Bora, Ishani Department of Virology - Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh, India , Gogoi, Sanjib Department of Microbiology - Lady Hardinge Medical College, New Delhi, India , Venkatasubramanian, Vaishnavi Department of Internal Medicine - Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh, India , Mathew, Roshan Department of Emergency Medicine - All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India , Mohindra, Ritin Department of Internal Medicine - Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh, India
Abstract :
The novel Coronavirus COVID-19 is wrecking a havoc across the globe and has been declared as a pandemic by WHO.
Apart from transmission and shedding of the virus through respiratory secretions in the form of droplets (mainly), several
studies have shown the presence of the virus in various samples such as stool, urine and occasionally in blood, semen, tears
and breastmilk. Whereas government authority guidelines consider a person as cured from COVID-19 when along with
clinical improvement no more virus can be detected primarily on respiratory samples along with clinical improvement; the
persistence of the virus in these body fluids even after clinical recovery and negative RT-PCR test results on respiratory
samples, has raised many questions about the elusive nature of this novel virus along with the possibility of other routes of
transmission of this virus in the community. Although studies performed till now across the globe on persistence of SARSCOV-2 in various body fluids are sparse, in this review we would like to present and analyse the results of those studies
performed globally on the aforesaid topic to get a better insight of this side of the COVID-19 story.
Keywords :
COVID19 , Coronavirus , Body fluid , Viremia
