Analysis and reflection on the transmission routes of SARS-COV-2

Author: Jingmin YUAN ¹
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1. Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Shaanxi Provincial Research Center for Respiratory Disease Prevention and Treatment Engineering
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: Infection; Pneumonia; SARS-CoV-2; Transmission route
From: Journal of Xi'an Jiaotong University(Medical Sciences) 2020;41(4):497-501
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: The novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak occurred in December last year and spread quickly in the world, causing great harm to people. The rapid progression of this epidemic makes scholars in various fields conduct research on the transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). So far, the wildly accepted routes are droplets and close contact. Controversially, some researchers believe that other routes include aerosol diffusion, fecal-oral transmission, contacting urine, conjunctival infection, and mother-to-infant transmission may also infect people. In this article, combining the newest research and reports, the authors systematically analyzed the theoretical possibility and real-life probability of the transmission routes of the virus in order to help with the research and clinical judgment of the spread of infectious diseases in the future.